'Dump' takes a '-B' argument to define media size in kB.  I haven't tried it with
a CD, but back in the days of  cartridge tapes it would prompt us for a new tape
after writing NkB.

Tom Rauschenbach wrote:

> This has got to be on topic.  It's about a Linux machine in New Hampshire!
>
> I have a filesystem that is 39389776 1k blocks.  Obviously too big to back up
> on a single CD.  I'd like to cut it up into separate file systems that can be
> backed up on CD.
>
> Does anyone know of a clever/fast/convenient way to do this ?  I'm quite
> capable of writing the scripts to to do it (and I'll donate them to the list
> if I have to write them) but surely someone has already done this.
>
> TIA
>
> TomR
>
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