[dundee] archive/backup my /home to DVD help please

[Lee Hughes]

http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/splitting_large_files.html

christopher wyllie <cgwyllie at googlemail.com> wrote: Hey everyone,

Sorry if this has been covered before(as it probably has) but I can't find the thread

Basically I need to backup my /home/christopher folder before I send my laptop away to be serviced. I only have DVDs available at the moment.
 
How is best(abd nist reliable) to do this from a recovery point of view also?

Can someone list the sort of commands I would need to use for this? Should I tar it and then split the tar? (If so please explain how :P)
 
I have ~20GB data and a pack of 10 DVDs.

Any help VERY much appreciated as I have to backup tonight as my laptop goes tomorrow. (Yes I would have done this sooner but my external drive has become lost in shipping or something like it... :( )
 
Thanks all!
  Chris
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