> Hello, > I used to have an ide VXA 1i tape backup on Win, but apparently it > won't work on Linux... > > Since that i decide to buy a DVD burner and burn 3cds intead of a tape. > For example I do the backup of a folder around 11Go with tar and bz2 > but every time my archive is corrupted... Do you have any clue of what > is happening ? Does my command is incorrect, i m running the Fedora > FC4. > My command is below > > tar -civf /media/administration.tar.bz2 /home/administration/ That command creates an uncompressed tar file, not a bz2 file. Try this: tar cvf - /home/administration | bzip2 -c > /media/administration.tar.bz2 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
