[Devil-linux-develop] Fwd: Re: Write e2fs to CD

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Hi this small thread on the CDRECORD mailing list shows how to burn ext2 files
systems right to CD, rather than having to go thru the process of writing a
tarfile and reading it.

--- Len Sorensen <lso...@op...> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:23:58 -0400
> To: Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms...@ci...>
> CC: Guido Hamacher <gha...@aa...>,
> 	cd...@ot...
> Subject: Re: Write e2fs to CD
> From: Len Sorensen <lso...@op...>
> 
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:44:09AM +0200, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 06:59:11AM +0200, Guido Hamacher wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag 08 Oktober 2002 17:14 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:
> > > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:49:53AM -0500, ko...@tc... wrote:
> > > > > Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to write a e2fs directory structure to CD?
> > > > > Say I want to backup /www  on my linux e2fs system.
> > > > > Then later on, just mount the cd as you would any other e2fs
> partition.
> > > > > I use cdrecord, slack linux 8, 2.2 kernel I believe.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've looked thru the FAQs.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > You can burn any filesystem that Linux can read onto a CD. Or no
> > > > filesystem at all.
> > > > e.g. you can burn a .tar(.gz) file directly onto a CD.
> > > 
> > > Fine idea -- but how do I read a tar-file from CD?
> > 
> > SCSI:
> > tar <options /dev/srX
> > 
> > IDE:
> > tar <options> /dev/hdX
> > 
> > In my case
> > 
> > tar -zxvf /dev/sr2
> 
> I prefer readcd (comes with cdrecord).
> 
> Len Sorensen
> 
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