On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Will existing cd writers do what I ask in the "Subject:"?
>
In theory. It's just a matter of having multiple ISO
images. At least, that's MY take on it.
>
> On the "front side", how do you split gigabytes of files into
> multiple CDRW disks or .iso files?
>
The *easiest* way to do this would be to make an ISO of any
updated files you have (preferably in the original RPM or
tar.gz format) as well as backing up the /home directory
tree. You can copy certain "config files" to a backup
directory under /home (things like your xf86 configs, ppp
configs and other "customized" config files and then back
those up on another disk.
Once you have those "customized" files and your home
directories backed up, keep a generic install CD around and
install a clean copy of Linux as necessary and then copy
your /home directory tree as well as the customized config
files down off the "backup" cd onto the "/home/backup"
directory. Then, reinstall all your customized apps and
copy the customized config files to their correct
directories.
That's what *I* would suggest. Rather than backup the
"standard" stuff (which you can reinstall off ANY linux cd)
just back up your "personalized" data.
John
