If you want to make backups, don't do it on a cdrom. Try rsync, it's a great
backup tool. Here's a guide to dip your feet in:
http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Hung Dang <hungptit@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
>> Hung Dang wrote:
>>
>>> James Wall wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for a backup program that can back up to my DVD+-R/RW drive
>>>> to back up my private portage tree/distfile/music/web server. What
>>>> programs would you recommend to handle this task?
>>>>
>>>> TIA James Wall
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You can try k3b
>>>
>>
>> Well, that's not a backup app.  But anyway, I don't use a "backup app"
>> either.  I just tar.lzma the whole thing and burn it :P
>>
>>
>>  My bad :( I thought it is the program to write to DVD.
> I am not sure what you want. In my case, I combine a bash script to
> compress, rsync ... with cron to do the back up weekly. It seem to be quite
> convenient.
>
> If you have big files using rar is faster and save more space than tar.
>
> Hung
>
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