DD and split problem (need ideas)....

2006-05-02 Thread gili gili
Hi list… I need to backup and restore a server. I decided to make an image using dd and gzip\bzip. The problem is that the file is too big to fit into a DVD so I need to split it. I restore the server using linux live CD. I know I can use “split” command. But the restore is problematic… cat

Re: DD and split problem (need ideas)....

2006-05-02 Thread Amos Shapira
On 5/2/06, gili gili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list… I need to backup and restore a server. I decided to make an image using dd and gzip\bzip. The problem is that the file is too big to fit into a DVD so I need to split it. I restore the server using linux live CD. I know I can use split

Re: DD and split problem (need ideas)....

2006-05-02 Thread Ehud Karni
On Tue, 2 May 2006 18:35:25 +1000, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/2/06, gili gili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I can use split command. But the restore is problematic… cat backup.img.gz.* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/hda1 But if I change the DVD to the one that have the new

USB 2.0 PCI cards that WORK??

2006-05-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Hi, I have a USB external DVD burner. It works fine with Fedora core 5 on a computer with onboard USB 2.0 ports. I have one computer with USB 1 ports on the motherboard. It works fine, again with FC5 at about 1/5 the speed. I have two different VIA chipset USB 2.0 PCI cards that don't work

Re: DD and split problem (need ideas)....

2006-05-02 Thread Kfir Lavi
Here are some backup programs: (list) http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml http://www.linuxsoft.cz/en/sw_list.php?id_kategory=89 On 5/2/06, gili gili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list… I need to backup and restore a server. I decided to make an image using dd and

More on the USB 2.0 problem

2006-05-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I did some more playing around with the DVD burner I am having trouble with using the VIA USB 2.0 card. Several failed DVD-ROMs later, I found that DVDs themselves are ok. If I take the disk and put it in the DVD reader on an IDE bus of the same computer and diff the files by hand, they match.

Re: Revival, Closed. Write In Complete

2006-05-02 Thread Boris Gorelik
On Tuesday, 2 בMay 2006 06:40, Marc A. Volovic wrote: Quoth Boris Gorelik: . You are, of course, perfectly correct. In fact and in innuendo. In fact, I suggest you be the one to make that post, and start the thread. Borik, you are right. I am a pro-nazi

Linnux Dinner Menu

2006-05-02 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Mein freund - I will advance the Menu for your consideration. Entree: Baked Sweet Potato with Apples and Garlic Red Summer Salad accompanied by the Red Army Choir Main Course: Osso Buco Oriental on a Puree of

Bash design principles for handling large subshell data piping ? (WAS: DD and split problem (need ideas)....)

2006-05-02 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 5/2/06, Ehud Karni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2006 18:35:25 +1000, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/2/06, gili gili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I can use split command. But the restore is problematic… cat backup.img.gz.* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/hda1 But if I

Re: Bash design principles for handling large subshell data piping ? (WAS: DD and split problem (need ideas)....)

2006-05-02 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:52:18PM +0300, Maxim Vexler wrote: Instead you can use subshell (tested) like this: ( FLAG=any while [ $FLAG ] do cat /DVD-MOUNT-DIR/backup.img.gz.* echo Please put next DVD and press Y + Enter /dev/tty echo If there is

Re: Bash design principles for handling large subshell data piping ? (WAS: DD and split problem (need ideas)....)

2006-05-02 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:16:14PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: When you run 'prog1 | prog2', both run in parallel, having a small buffer (IIRC in Linux one page = 4KB, not sure if tunable) Maximum capacity is 16 pages at the moment. Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org |

Re: Bash design principles for handling large subshell data piping ? (WAS: DD and split problem (need ideas)....)

2006-05-02 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:16:45PM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:16:14PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: When you run 'prog1 | prog2', both run in parallel, having a small buffer (IIRC in Linux one page = 4KB, not sure if tunable) Maximum capacity is 16 pages