Sarge - how to write a filesystem backup directory to a DVD ?

2006-08-07 Thread Keith Christian
Having gotten a new internal DVD burner, I'd like to know the best way to burn a directory of files to a DVD for system backup. (Also, I'd rather burn the DVD using a command at the BASH prompt instead of from a GUI.) The capacity of the DVD is 8gb, write speed is 16x, and the size of the

Re: Sarge - how to write a filesystem backup directory to a DVD ?

2006-08-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Keith Christian [Mon, Aug 07 2006, 03:23:07PM]: Having gotten a new internal DVD burner, I'd like to know the best way to burn a directory of files to a DVD for system backup. (Also, I'd rather burn the DVD using a command at the BASH prompt instead of from a GUI.) The

Re: Sarge - how to write a filesystem backup directory to a DVD ?

2006-08-07 Thread Bud Rogers
On Monday 07 August 2006 17:23, Keith Christian wrote: Having gotten a new internal DVD burner, I'd like to know the best way to burn a directory of files to a DVD for system backup. (Also, I'd rather burn the DVD using a command at the BASH prompt instead of from a GUI.) The capacity of the

Re: Sarge - how to write a filesystem backup directory to a DVD ?

2006-08-07 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 03:23:07PM -0700, Keith Christian wrote: The capacity of the DVD is 8gb, write speed is 16x, and the size of the directory to be burned to the DVD is about 7gb so there should be plenty of space. No, unless you're using DL media, the capacity of the DVD is approximately