[SLUG] Backup

[Paul Teasdale]

>> john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>>> I'm currently just trying to establish a monthly dump of my home
>>> directory to DVD.
>>
>> Use of the word "just" totally betrays your frustration.
>
> I feel I'm among friends.
>
>> Can I ask why the insistence on DVD - is it so you can put it
>> somewhere
>> else and so avoid the risk of your pc dying in a fire/someone stealing
>> it? I'm just thinking that this will also be slower than using say an
>> extra IDE drive with bonus ext2 native support or a NAS box in your
>> basement?
>
> Well yes. I have DVDs and I have a DVD drive, and I have a system set
> up whereby I post them off to my mum and she's used to cutting up the
> old ones and so on, so, habit partly, but also housefire, theft, etc.
>
Heres a Fedora specific Packet Writing guide:

http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/packet-writing-on-cdrw-and-dvdrw-media/

Hope this helps,

Regards,
Paul