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A Random LOST snippet

 
           

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Sub : Backing up full partitions to CDs              LOST #412

#tar -czvf home-backup.tar.gz /home    # Make big tarball
#split -b 650m home-backup.tar.gz      # Split into chunks 
#for i in `ls xa*`; do mkisofs -o $i.iso $i; done
#for j in `ls xa[a-z].iso`; do cdrecord -v  blank=fast \
           speed=2 dev=0,0 $j; done    # And burn CD
[for joining: cat /path/to/cdrom/xa* >> home-backup.tar.gz ]

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