re[2]: [rdiff-backup-users] burning increments on CDR?

[Greg Freemyer]

 >>  >>>>> "NF" == Nicola Fankhauser <address@hidden>
 >>  >>>>> wrote the following on 27 Apr 2003 15:40:46 +0200

 >>  NF> hello list is there a simple way to burn increments on CDR for a
 >>  NF> more reliable backup? IIRC rdiff-backup is more directed towards
 >>  NF> backups on file servers.

 >>  Sorry, I don't know of any non-awkward way.  The problem is that, in
 >>  general, the increments are only useful if the mirror data is
 >>  available.  And that changes every time you back up, so it's not a
 >>  very good match with CDR.

 >>  You could burn the whole thing on a CDR though.  For instance if your
 >>  backup was small enough you could back up for a month, and then burn
 >>  the whole destination directory onto a CDR.  I'm not sure about the
 >>  capabilities of the default CDR filesystem though.  They probably
 >>  don't support hard links and such.


 >>  -- 
 >>  Ben Escoto

You might ask on the UDF mailing list.  (SuSE sponsors the list).

UDF is an alternative CD layout that is more flexible than the normal one.

UDF is _not_ supported in any distro I know of (including SuSE), but they are 
trying to get it into the 2.6 kernel.

Of course you can get the patch and compile your own kernel.

HTH
Greg
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Greg Freemyer