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On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:23 PM, JimD wrote: |
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> Does anyone know of an app/script for doing a multi-DVD backup of |
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> my ~/? My ~/ is 10GB so I will need something that could do a |
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> little compression and create as many DVD iso images as needed. |
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> I was thinking of just tar.gzing my ~/ and then splitting that file |
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> to sizes to fit on a DVD and then make the ISO. I was hoping for a |
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> script/app that is tested since I don't want to lose my data and I |
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> have to format my computer soon. |
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look at freshmeat.net for scdbackup. it can be called with |
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sdvdbackup and will span dvds. I back up my mail server totally to 4 |
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dvds. you can tell it what filesystems to backup, or directories. |
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it figures it all out for you. be warned that growisofs is a prereq |
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for it. |
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