* Andy Polyakov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031205 19:05]: > > /bin/tar cf - --files-from $INCLUDEFILE \ > > --exclude-from $EXCLUDEFILE \ > > --absolute-names \ > > | bzip2 --best --stdout \ > > | growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/fd/0 > > > > like this, growisofs writes to the raw medium, without a fs (i > > think). that is half ok for full backups, but i wanted to do > > incremental backups, too, to the same dvd. > > > > how can i have * reading from stdin (from tar/bzip) > > * named backup files and a filesystem > > * no writing to hardisc first (i dont want > > to rely on 4.4G beeing free.) > > You can't achieve all this at once with growisofs. What you look for is > live read-write file system on DVD+RW, which requires kernel support.
Does it? i just want to have a filesystem (growisofs can do that) and in that filesystem i want to write to one continuos file (of which i dont know the size untill i am done (would it be that bit requireing write access?)). > Unfortunately not all DVD+capable units are capable to sustain true > random I/O, see > http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/cdwrite-200309/msg00015.html and > follow-ups. There was work done to compensate for deficient firmwares, > see http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/cdwrite-200309/msg00061.html. > But public consensus seem to be it's too slow to be practical. A. i guess i can give up the "filesystem and filenames" bit, if i figure out how to access the later incremental backups. would that work with growisofs just as with a sequential streamer device? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
