Re: Backups to DVD - Is mondo good?

[Mark Neidorff <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Bruno Wolff III wrote:

> While k3b looks usable for some stuff, it doesn't seem to handle backing
> up more than will fit on a DVD without manually laying things out.
> I didn't see anything that comes with fedora that works like dump/restore
> (that is an option for me too, but my DVD blanks hold twice what my
> tapes do).
> 
> I found a package called Mondo that seems like it might do what I want,
> but I haven't taken a detailed look at it yet. Since if the package
> were the best DVD dump package out there, I would have expected it to
> already be in Fedora, so I am wondering if it has some major problems before
> I put too much effort into trying it out.
> 

I use mondoarchive a lot and like it quite a bit.  I don't have a DVD 
burner so I can't directly comment on support for dvds.  I googled 
"mondoarchive dvd" and found that instead of using cdrecord, it will work 
when using dd.  

Mark


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