Hi there everyone,
I need to back up 9839MB of data which is in a 15GB partition on a 20GB
hard drive. I'm planning to move from ext2fs to ReiserFS, and while I'm at
it will probably revise the partitioning scheme as well (in short: I'll
wipe out all my data and do a reinstall).
Unfortunately I don't have an additional hard drive I can use. I don't
have a tape drive, either. I have a Sony IDE CD-ReWriter in another
computer, though, and could borrow that. I've never used a CD-ReWriter
with Linux, though, and don't know if I can use it as a decent backup
medium. Can anyone help me out? I'm a definite newbie as far as this will
be concerned.
I was thinking of using something like tar to create 650MB per file
tarballs. I won't compress the data anymore as that'd probably require me
to create a tarball of the entire partition first, and then compress that
and split it up. I don't have temporary space to do something like that.
Besides, I'd need a LOT of time to compress that amount of data. Plus
decompressing will use up time, too.
I'm thinking there will probably be two approaches to this tar solution:
1. I use tar to create 650MB tarballs of the entirety of the data I need,
waiting for confirmation before continuing to the next tarball. While tar
is waiting for confirmation I burn the tarball into the CD, verify the
contents of the CD by for example copying the entire tarball into another
computer. Then I delete the tarball and make tar continue to the next. I
have enough space for 650MB-at-a-time temporary files on the hard drive. I
don't know how to do this, though, and while I can research how, anybody
giving me a real-life-tested solution would really be cool. :)
2. I find out (from you guys and girls, of course) how to use some CD
roasting software (recommended console roaster?) to copy the data to the
discs, filling each disc to max and then prompting me for a second. I
don't know how I can preserve permissions and ownerships, though.
3. Any other better ideas?
Hope you can help me out. Thanks in advance. :)
--> Jijo :-)
PS- I just checked and if I can use up all 650MB of each CD-R I'll need 16
CD-Rs to back up all my data. That means I'll spend P720 on CD-Rs alone,
given each disc will cost me P45. Oh well ... sabagay backup na rin ito.
:-)
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