[newbie] archiving large files
I would like to burn CDs containing copies of virtual machine disk images. These image files are larger than 700Mb. Does anyone know of a way to archive a large file so that I can burn a portion of the file to a CD and the remaining portion onto a second CD. If I do this, how do I restore the original file. I don't have a network or second hard drive option for backup at the moment. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] archiving large files
Paul Kaplan wrote: I would like to burn CDs containing copies of virtual machine disk images. These image files are larger than 700Mb. Does anyone know of a way to archive a large file so that I can burn a portion of the file to a CD and the remaining portion onto a second CD. If I do this, how do I restore the original file. tar has options to directly split archive on several files (tapes he calls them...) that I used some time ago with success. Or you can create a single huge .tar file, then use split to ...split it and cat to reassemble. Probably the first option is better if you don't have extra space on the hd to build the whole tar image. raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] archiving large files
On Thursday 20 May 2004 11:48 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: I would like to burn CDs containing copies of virtual machine disk images. These image files are larger than 700Mb. Does anyone know of a way to archive a large file so that I can burn a portion of the file to a CD and the remaining portion onto a second CD. If I do this, how do I restore the original file. I don't have a network or second hard drive option for backup at the moment. TIA Paul Does this help? http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=222 -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] archiving large files
Cool; pre-made directions! Thanks. On Thursday 20 May 2004 01:12 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Thursday 20 May 2004 11:48 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: I would like to burn CDs containing copies of virtual machine disk images. These image files are larger than 700Mb. Does anyone know of a way to archive a large file so that I can burn a portion of the file to a CD and the remaining portion onto a second CD. If I do this, how do I restore the original file. I don't have a network or second hard drive option for backup at the moment. TIA Paul Does this help? http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexr eq=viewarticleartid=222 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
