On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 08:25:01AM -0500, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William R. Ward) writes: > > > Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > % tar xvMf /dev/fd0 > > > > > > Apart from when a disk goes bad (obviously), I've never had any trouble > > > with this. > > > > Stick a 'z' in the tar options to get gzip (fewer floppies!).... > > > > --Bill. > > Well, this would be fine if tar would accept both the z and M options > at the same time; unfortunately, it won't. (at least the version of > tar in bo won't) > > Also, a one-bit error can ruin all files recorded after the error - > not a great idea. I really am surprised that there's no standard > backup method for debian that: > 1) backs up across multiple volumes > 2) provides checksums for each file, and > 3) allows compression on a file-by-file basis (i.e. allows creation of > an uncompressed archive of compressed files, which is less susceptible > to corruption than a compressed archive of uncompressed files)
Take a look at the 'afio' package. Adam Klein -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .