Want to burn backups to multiple DVDs

The subject line says it all...I want to be able to burn a full backup
(about 125 GB) to multiple DVDs. Can I do this with K3b?

I've tried installing all the backup programs from Yast but only Kdat seem
to actually show up in system/backup in the KDE Menu. Neither one seems to
understand DVDs.

Thanks

Bob
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Robert Smits wrote:
> The subject line says it all...I want to be able to burn a full backup
> (about 125 GB) to multiple DVDs. Can I do this with K3b?

Yes, K3b will burn to DVDs, however, you're going to have to find some
way to break your backup into 9GB chunks, which can be done with tar or
cpio. There are also several scripts I believe to accomplish the same,
this is one that just turned up in a quick google search, I haven't
tried it myself:

http://www.bluehaze.com.au/unix/cdbkup.html


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Robert Smits wrote:

> The subject line says it all...I want to be able to burn a full backup
> (about 125 GB) to multiple DVDs. Can I do this with K3b?
>
> I've tried installing all the backup programs from Yast but only Â*Kdat
> seem to actually show up in system/backup in the KDE Menu. Neither one
> seems to understand DVDs.

Dar (KDar)?

Olav
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After serious contemplation, on or about Saturday 15 July 2006 6:27 pm
Robert Smits perhaps from bob@rsmits.ca wrote:

> The subject line says it all...I want to be able to burn a full backup
> (about 125 GB) to multiple DVDs. Can I do this with K3b?
>
> I've tried installing all the backup programs from Yast but only Kdat
> seem to actually show up in system/backup in the KDE Menu. Neither one
> seems to understand DVDs.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob

I use Mondo/Mindi and it works well. It chops things up in disk sized
chunks. For those dual booting with WinXP, it will also backup/restore
that partition too.

It is run from the commandline in a console and is text based. You can
include/exclude files or directories.


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