Also,
tar does accept input from stdin. Use '-'. So something like:
dd if=/dev/hda bs=10k skip=0 count=10000 | gzip | tar -cMf /mo/file.tgz -
Thta last '-' is the key.
"Goll, Patrick (Student Assistant)" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I want to make a backup of my harddisk and don't know how to split it into
> multiple volumes.
> I tried the following:
> dd if=/dev/hda | gzip | tar -cMf /mo # mo is an magneto optical disk
> The problem is tar doesn't accept input from stdin, cause tar works file
> orientated.
>
> I want to make a binary copy of a harddisk split into multiple volumes, how
> can I do this?
>
> Cu
> Patrick
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