Re: tar, backup, growisofs, file names

[Andreas Schuldei <andreas@schuldei.org>]

* Andy Polyakov (appro@fy.chalmers.se) [031205 22:38]:
> > i guess i can give up the "filesystem and filenames" bit,
> 
> Give up the compress part instead and deploy growisofs -M with Ohly's
> patch. There're certain limitations too, most notably inability to
> restore hard-links (I have rockrestore in my TODO list, which would
> restore rock-ridge volume with hard-links, but I can't make no
> promises). A.

where is that patch? why was it not yet included in growisofs (or
mkisofs if it belongs there)?

i guess i would also need to drop tar, then, and store files on
the medium directly? what is the volume overhead for that?