Re: mkisofs gives 'file too large for defined data type' error on 4.3GB file
Asfand Yar Qazi <ay0106@qazi.f2s.com> wrote:
> Can I just do a growisofs -Z /dev/dvdrw=/tmp/dvd-bak-1.tar or something? Then
> wouild a 'tar --multi-volume -t -f /dev/dvdrw' access the archive? I really
> need to do this backup soon, since I haven't done one since setting up my new
> Gentoo system.
tar has no option --multi-volume.
If you are talking about GNU tar, be _very_ careful as GNU tar is unable to
restore multi volume continuation volumes with a probability of ~ 5%.
Jörg
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