On Mittwoch 22 April 2009, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Thomas Chef <thomas.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now that my gentoo system is up and running the applications that I want > > to use, how do I make a reliable backup ? > > > > Can I follow the guide on: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Backup_to_DVD > > > > Is that a proven/working method ? > > Be very careful as GNU tar is buggy and does not always like to read > continuation volumes from multi volume archives. This is extremely nasty as > you will realize the problem once it is too late.
oh really? it works very well with my tapelib. And yes, restore works. > > GNU tar also does not support to archive all meta data from Linux. which is only relevant if you use acls, isn't it? > > I recommend to use star. Star implementes reliable multi volume support and > archives all meta data that is available on Linux. Only a reliable multi > volume support inside the archiver allows you to read back archives > starting past volume#1. can star decompress files?
