On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 09:42 +0800, John Summerfied wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > Clive at Rational wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is it possible to use K3B to back up data that is > >> over 700MB in size so that it spans multiple backup > >> CDs? I remember zip used to be able to span backups > >> across multiple floppy disks. > > > > > > Umm, PKZIP can do that. If that's what you really > > want, then you can try running DOSBOX or DOSEMU. > > > > Another possibility is zip + zipsplit. > > > > Mike > Mondorescue is a great tool for doing backups of specified size (CD, DVD, Tape, etc.). http://mondorescue.berlios.de/ is the current site for downloads. http://www.mondorescue.org/ was the original site and has some information on it. > Come to think of it, tar an other archive utilities can do it: you need > to specify the size of the "tape volume" and maybe use a script to do > stuff with the files it creates it. > > It doesn't (or didn't when I looked years ago) hand compressed output > well as the size you provide relates to input sizes. > > afio (not a standard component) is better as it can create compresses > archives sized on the output size. > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > 1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > do not reply off-list >
