Originally to: All On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:53:55 -0800, John C. Linford wrote: > Thanks. I'll give that a try, but there could be a problem: The file > generated by dd are huge, even after gzip. How can I break it apart > so it will span multiple backup disks? Say 700MB chunks for CDs? I'd suggest using the split utility: split -b 700m --verbose my_bigass_backup.tar.gz my_bigass_backup.tar.gz Rejoin them with cat. cat my_biggass_backup.tar.gz.a* > my_bigass_backup.tar.gz Naota -- naSota@tPampabay.rAr.cMom - > (remove 'S P A M') --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 11/29/03 12:55:52 PM (PCBGate): RelayNet þ MoonDog BBS Brooklyn, NY (900:100/50) - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html