From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 05:26:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B35F106564A for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:26:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE8E8FC0A for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:26:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m34so2546481wag.27 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:26:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PhQdiI+M5IGjOyV3h2kQf40asLmuiPGquHuzuLbIE5s=; b=h0UneX4jeeSa8nIhvGSbjtccuB2ir8+Dg7XeNwrbE+Ywi6E16no7ZcNfkXDlUoDp0t gMX5vehhy3Y+RADrSzdIUCTjgVfKGtLiv/M2KfQInbjZht3uiZpSdqPe6zra1S/ebGNC 1otd2P2IomFJFMf63ct2hg847Gq8j7IB/CBhE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Qc4OWNvIgzNeNSQVCViXBc6BgiKN7Ze8nTbx4JRqikxkjdnsONYOscXz4O1ethfvek xwcD1iuxw77GioSzEEB0nBInVZ5O4L7srfmsOk6/tdatUoKXb0N+OW1wI+CXOK4EFOHQ oBf9cZe2CTbjfEm1Nwz9KuAQBg2WuR0gvvMdQ= Received: by 10.115.47.1 with SMTP id z1mr3376037waj.133.1232688361072; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.4.70? (c-68-35-57-46.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [68.35.57.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y25sm18484920pod.10.2009.01.22.21.25.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:25:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <497954FE.8050206@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:26:22 -0700 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20090123011043.GA86638@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090123011043.GA86638@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:26:01 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, I've got several directories off ~kline/ that I want to > store permanently. Like all my development code in ~/devel, and > all my music mp3's and ogg's in ~/Music, and all my online and > mp3 books from libribox.org in ~/readings. There are PDF files > and HTML and a slew of other stuff. > > Can I use K3B or some other GUI program to create a filesystem on > either a few CD's or one DVD? Right now, I'm cross-backing up > stuff to four live servers. It's just data, but I would like to > be able to inset it into my optical tray, cd to it and cd to > wherever and read or listen to AND (if some disaster strikes) be > able to copy my files from the disc to the computer. > > I think I figured out how to create a tiny filesystem on a floppy > disc, but this was a Long time ago. Anything "push-button"? > > tia, > > gary > > > You can always try to tar it up directly tar -czf /dev/acd0 ~kline/ ~devel/ Good luck.