John;
I tried this and I always get an error
Prepare volume #2 for /mnt/cdrom1/home.tar and hit return:
tar:
home/mchester/.mozilla/default/tvd66swf.slt/Mail/tincan.rapidsys-2.com/Received.sbd/ATT
is not continued on this volume
When trying to read the second cd in the set. Here are the commands I
used. Maybe you can see something I'm doing wrong. Or is this the tar
problem I keep reading about?
tar -X /data/home.exclude --tape-length 570000 -cvMplf home.tar /home/*
When this pos and prompts me to insert the next vol. I open anohter
shell and enter
mkisofs -f -R -r -l -J -V "home 6122002" -o cd1.iso *.tar
After the iso is made I rm home.tar and go back and hit enter for the
next tar to be built
then do the same mkisofs put change the cd1.iso to cd2.iso
After which I put the cd1 in the drive and do
tar -tMf /mnt/cdrom/home.tar
After screen fulls of files I'm prompted to put in the next vol. At
which point I do and wait a few seconds for the cd drive to stop it
initial spin up. And press the enter key and I get back this message:
Prepare volume #2 for /mnt/cdrom1/home.tar and hit return:
tar:
home/mchester/.mozilla/default/tvd66swf.slt/Mail/tincan.rapidsys-2.com/Received.sbd/ATT
is not continued on this volume
I've tried this twice both times with the same problem. Any
ideas/hints/suggestions?
Mike M.
John Danielson, II wrote:
>
>
> Mike Manchester wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to find an easy CD rom backup program. I've searched
>> freshmeat and icewalkers and tired a few but though some have all the
>> right options I can't get them to work for one reason or another. I
>> don't need a network backup solution as this is for a single user
>> work station.
>>
>> Is anyone using anything like this and if so what can you recommend.
>> Thanks
>> Mike M
>>
>>
> Um, man tar then X-CD-Roast or GCombust.
>
> I usually run a set of tars to CD size, then later burn to CD-R. I do
> this from both Windows and Linux, each to the other physcial HD (each
> has its own).
>
> One HD dies, it gets RMA'd and the recovery comes from the other. With
> TAR, can recover easily to a HD. Tar also compresses, and if you
> really want to you can tar.bz2 them. Usually, people script this as
> far as the backup goes to HD, then burn later, OR backup to tape with
> BRU Pro being the classic for that. People with servers use BRU PRO,
> others just script a backup of everything except usually /dev and
> /proc and write down their part structure as far as size, part name,
> and typing. Then recovery can be from a bas install followed by an
> untarring of the tars in sequence.
>
> I also UPS my system and antisurge it totally, including network
> connect (internet via cable in this case).
>
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