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["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

operator <operator1000@gmail.com>:
> 
>  Could someone recommend a substitute for k3b?

Consider learning how to create archives.  It's an opportunity to
learn!  :-)  "tar" or "cpio" or "afio" (my favourite), then point
mkisofs at the result, then point cdrecord at the result of that.
This has worked well for me for years, over many versions of
Linux/Unix.  Here's an example of how I use them.  You're welcome to a
copy of the script I use.  Just ask.

I've built a shell script which creates afio archives with:

    find /${f} -depth -mount | \
           egrep -v "`cat ${workdir}/tarX_${f}`" \
           | afio -Z -v -T 3k -o ${workdir}/${now}_${f}.afio \
           >  ${workdir}/${now}_${f}.log 2>&1

${workdir}/tarX_${f} lists stuff you don't want backed up.

${now} == $(date '+%Y%m%d')

${f} == one of "root etc home var" (it's a loop variable).

Whatever the above command lands in ${workdir}, write to ISO image
file:

    mkisofs -R -o /scratch/iso/track_01.img \
           -pad -allow-leading-dots -max-iso9660-filenames \
           -r -relaxed-filenames /scratch/afio

Then:

    cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd -eject \
           -tao -data /scratch/iso/track_01.img

No GUI required.  Full backup of a personal workstation, capable of
restoring it after reinstall of OS, in only 18 minutes or so.


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