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

[christopher wyllie]

Hmm, I was just trying to avoid trying to keep track of what I've burnt and
what I haven't.

Thanks Lee, I kinda follow it. Can tar's output just be /dev/dvd or whatever
and it will write as it goes?

Thanks again

On 24/02/2008, Chad Wollenberg <chad at linuxbasement.com> wrote:
>
> What distro Lee? Since you only have 20 gigs you might just want to take
> the easy route and just burn 5 dvds of straight data, don't worry about
> compression.
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Lee Hughes <toxicnaan at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > 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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