DVD backups - bug or feature?

Leonard den Ottolander leonard at den.ottolander.nl
Mon Mar 8 11:47:45 UTC 2004


Hi Charles, Bob,

> > 3) Develop a workaround (I already have one)?
> 
> You can burn directly your tar file to the DVD and subsequently read it 
> with "tar xjvf /dev/cdrom"

Some people have reported that this does not work for them. I don't know
why not, but since people have reported it you should probably check
that this works for you.

Leonard.

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