On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 12:39 +0100, A. Lanza wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm looking for a solution to backup data on a server on a monthly > basis. The amount of data to be backed up is about 20 GB. I do not have > any tape drives but have a DVD drive. I'd like to store the backups on a > few DVDs. > > I use tar to get the complete backup done. How can i split the file in > 4,7 GB. individual files and record them on DVDs? Use the split command. > > Is there a better way to manage backups? I'm sure there is, but don't > know :( and i haven't found any backup tool in FC3... > > I'd appreciate your help, > > Alf > > -- Regards Joachim Backes Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center, High Performance Computing, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany -------------------------------------------------- Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056 http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html