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

[christopher wyllie]

Thanks, I'll take a look!

On 24/02/2008, Lee Hughes <toxicnaan at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I was interested, so looked...
>
> this may do what you want
>
> http://www.muempf.de/
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> http://freshmeat.net/projects/multicd/
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>
>
> *christopher wyllie <cgwyllie at googlemail.com>* wrote:
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> 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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