Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:10:00 -0800 (PST) From: regis505 <regis505@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem? Message-ID: <21673928.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <20090124034209.GA31215@thought.org> References: <20090123011043.GA86638@thought.org> <497954FE.8050206@gmail.com> <20090123074516.GC96433@thought.org> <20090123091407.0485db35.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090124034209.GA31215@thought.org>
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> But this does not (!) make the media mountable! You may see that > as a disadvantage, but maybe it's not: You can access it now > directly without needing to mount it, and you can extract from > it by selection, e. g. > > % tar xvjf /dev/cd0 ~/music > > to only extract the music/ subtree. > > The tar "file system" is best for interoperability because (if > I may say this) every UNIX-like OS can read tar, no matter if you > put it n discs, disks, tapes or even hard disks or USB sticks. I was curious to tar directly to a blank dvd+rw. I tried: tar -cvf /dev/cd1 root0-090107.gz root1-090116.gz a root0-090107.gz a root1-090116.gz I got the prompt back but the dvd device stays busy (on the unit, the light flashes non stop). Any ideas? Regis -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-create-a-DVD-backup-filesystem--tp21617046p21673928.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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