Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-14 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Tilman Schmidt wrote: To: centos@centos.org From: Tilman Schmidt t.schm...@phoenixsoftware.de Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? Am 03.11.2012 18:15, schrieb Keith Roberts: I don't expect to keep the same DVD backup set for more than ~12

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-08 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 03.11.2012 18:15, schrieb Keith Roberts: I don't expect to keep the same DVD backup set for more than ~12 months. I just make periodic backups from my dedicated backup drive to DVD/CDs, to get the data away from the PC and onto something hopefully more permanent than HDD's. Usually I

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Just a knee-jerk reaction

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Leon Fauster wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Leon Fauster leonfaus...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? Am 01.11.2012 um 21:19 schrieb Keith Roberts: On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: Just a knee

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 2 Nov 2012, John Doe wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: John Doe jd...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? From: Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net Is there any Linux program for Centos to make this backup OK I have found

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-02 Thread John Doe
From: Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net Is there any Linux program for Centos to make this backup OK I have found dar in EPEL I used afio for a simple backup script... It can split, it compresses file by file so better recovery after an error... JD

[CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Keith Roberts
I'm running C5.8 and want to backup a directory that is 6GB in size. Is there any Linux program for Centos to make this backup over 2 x 4.4GB DVD+R disks please? Something with a GUI like K3b would do nicely. Kind Regards, Keith ---

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Keith Roberts wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net Subject: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? I'm running C5.8 and want to backup a directory that is 6GB in size. Is there any Linux program for Centos

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: I'm running C5.8 and want to backup a directory that is 6GB in size. Is there any Linux program for Centos to make this backup over 2 x 4.4GB DVD+R disks please? Something with a GUI like K3b would do nicely. OK I

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? *snip* Assuming you have space to hold the temp copies, why don't you do something like: tar -czf

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Assuming you have space to hold the temp copies, why don't you do something like: tar -czf - dir |split --bytes=4G /parth/to/prefix Odds are good that a 6GB dir would compress to fit on on DVD anyway. Thanks Les.

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: *snip* Just a knee-jerk reaction because I like it so well, but whenever anyone mentions backups I have to recommend backuppc. If you have any other system that can work over the network (perhaps offsite via VPN) and hold copies on-line you might

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Just a knee-jerk reaction because I like it so well, but whenever anyone mentions backups I have to recommend backuppc. If you have any other system that can work over the network (perhaps offsite via VPN) and hold

Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program?

2012-11-01 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 01.11.2012 um 21:19 schrieb Keith Roberts: On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: Just a knee-jerk reaction because I like it so well, but whenever anyone mentions backups I have to recommend backuppc. If you have any other system that can work over the network (perhaps offsite via