[nflug] Image backups

Stephen sfielding7 at cogeco.ca
Tue Oct 30 08:11:46 EDT 2007


dvd dump 4gig to 8gig depending on size of dvd

mark k wrote:
> The only thing you could do differently is increase the size of the 
> dumps to 1gb, I think standard dvd format has 1 gb file limitations, 
> there could be some other format for the disks to make files bigger though.
> 
> On 10/28/07, *Joe* <josephj at main.nc.us <mailto:josephj at main.nc.us>> wrote:
> 
>     I have shell scripts for my ancient desktop that create image backups of
>     my Linux and Windows partitions and burn them to CDROM's using dump for
>     Linux and partimage for Windows.
> 
>     I want to adapt these for use on my new (dual boot - kubuntu feisty/win
>     XP) notebook with a single layer DVD burner (and much bigger disk
>     partitions).
> 
>     Do I keep everything the same, just making the iso files much larger or
>     do I need a new method of doing things?
> 
>     The current script does a:
>     /sbin/dump 0uMBzf 614400 <target-drive> <source-drive>
> 
>     for each Linux (ext2/3) partition and a
> 
>     /usr/sbin/partimage -V614400 -z1 -o -d -m -b  -f3 save  <source-drive>
>     <target-drive>
> 
>     for each Windows (FAT32) partition.  Then, I just run a script that
>     burns all the images in the order I wanted them while I do a protracted
>     CD shuffle.
> 
>     How many blocks big is a DVD or do I have to do things entirely
>     differently?  My new notebook uses ext3 and NTFS.
> 
>     TIA
> 
>     Joe
> 
>     P.S. I just extracted the lines of code that make the backups and
>     removed variable references to make it more clear.  I'd have to pour
>     over the man pages to remember what all the options mean.  The whole
>     scripts are available if anyone wants to see them.
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Stephen


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