Anyway, to backup /usr directly to a dvd(+rw), I use the this command:I'm in the same boat as Xian. I want to backup to DVD so I can upgrade to 5.3. dump in 4.10 does not have a -P option, and growisofs says nothing about handling spanning, so how do I span my dump over multiple DVDs?
dump -0 -uL -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/fd/0 ' /usr
This gives you a dvd or series of dvds with the dump file on them. You can then boot from CD2 (live system) and use restore to restore the data. If the link above is the one I think it is, it gives you an example restore command.
dump -h0 -B 4589840 -S /usr says I'm going to need 6.18 "tapes". I'm going to crack open a beer and just pipe it, to see what happens.
Then some day if all goes well I will split /usr into /usr and /usr/home, 'cause this is ridiculous.
Thanks.
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