[ale] Full filesystem backup to CD-R

[cfowler]

That is only good if you stay in the 700mb range.  Otherwise the ISO
will not fit.  I think he wants a utlility that will create multiple ISO
images for backup.




On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 12:25, Geoffrey wrote:
> John Wells wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a good, relatively easy utility that allows the
> > backing up of filesystems or subsets to CD-R?  I'm looking for something
> > that won't take days to understand fully or hack to get working.  I was
> > taking a look at Mondo, but having some issues.
> > 
> > Anything out there you've used successfully?
> 
> mkisofs -T -l -r -o foo.iso /path-to-the-fs-to-backup
> cdrecord speed=$YOURSPEED dev=$YOURDEV foo.iso
> 
> Throw that into a shell script and you've got your utility...
> 
> Doesn't take long to learn and works. :)
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > John
> > 
> > 
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