25 Nov
2016
25 Nov
'16
1 p.m.
Hi Leslie
On Friday 25 November 2016 11:04:46 Leslie Turriff wrote:
Yes I will do that, again I've never heard of "dar"
On 2016-11-21 17:35:21 deloptes wrote:
> Baron wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > On Sunday 20 November 2016 23:43:03 deloptes wrote:
> >> I've not worked with cd/DVD file systems for many years now,
> >> bu I think there was extention to overcome such limitation. I
> >> would try to create iso image first and inspect it via loop
> >> mount.
> >>
> >> regards
> >
> > Using K3B produces a DVD with a single directory with all the
> > files and sub directories intact. So from that point of view
> > the data has been backed up, but unfortunately where the files
> > have come from is lost. So unless I create an included note of
> > where they come from, I can't put the data back into the right
> > place.
> >
> > Thanks:
>
> The best way to back up is using tar anyway. Is it not an option?
> If you wish to have directories, you may need to read about the
> ISO9660 format
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format
Thank you for this link. Very informative. There is a lot there that
I simply had no idea about.
depends on the
data you copy to the dvd it might render unusable
if you would expect it to behave as data on a normal filesystem
You might also want to take a look at dar. Leslie
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Best Regards:
Baron