> I don't know about automating it all, but yeah: tar. This is exactly the > kind of thing tar was born to do, and I've seen it suggested many times > that rather than make ISO images one should simply tar for backup, > you'll get more space that way too. > > The downside is that you won't be able to mount it to conveniently > retrieve a lost file, you'll have to treat the cdrom device as a tar > file and extract it that way. > > As a side note you should never back something up (it's pointless) > without having a clear knowledge that it will be possible for you to > retrieve it later. You really should know exactly how you'll go about it > too. > > That really was a sidenote for the general audience, not for you in > particular, Wade. > > Anyway I've seen docs on how to do this, so googling a bit should yield > something.
What I have been doing is tar.bz2'ing the whole directory and then using split to to break the file into smaller CD-burnable files. Then I burn them to a disk. The only thing is that when you go to get something back you need to copy all of them to your hard drive, and then cat them together in the right order. Then untar the whole bit and you got your directory. Anyway, This has worked out ok for me. Anyone elese got an idea about this? Art -- "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." --Albert Einstein ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
