[PLUG] Backing up to DVD?
Alan
alan at clueserver.org
Thu Dec 4 17:13:01 UTC 2003
On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 00:36, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Burt <aaron at speakeasy.org> writes:
>
> Matt> Does anyone have recommendations on software for data backups to
> Matt> DVD under Linux?
>
> Aaron> mkisofs and cdrecord? You can pipe one into the other.
>
> Aaron> Hrm, there's gotta be a way to pipe output from tar through
> Aaron> mkisofs to cdrecord such that you get a tar.gz file on the CD.
> Aaron> Methinks I'll have to give it a try...
>
> Why bother with mkisofs? Why not just write the tar bitstream
> instead? Of course, you won't be able to mount it like an iso9660
> image, but you ought to be able to read the tarball from the device.
> GNU tar (which I assume you are using) even has a capacity limit
> option that might let you do multiple volume backups. Not that I've
> tried it, but what does blank media cost these days? Worth a try.
Blank media is still not very cheap for DVD. (About $2 in bulk for
anything good.)
The big question is reading it off after you are done.
Actually trying this with a DVD-RW would be better since if it does not
work, you can erase it.
BTW, Maxell media is not recommended. I have had a lot of problems with
it. (The only thing they make that works reliably is their black
CD-Rs.)
Imation works great. Verbatum has been good. I have not tried the
Memorex media yet. I have a stack of 50 here waiting to run out of the
other stuff.
--
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or a blurry, encoded, postage stamp-sized file, then please -- just
shoot us."
— The owner of Landmark Theatres is not concerned about piracy
in movie theaters.
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