making ISO images

Sean picasso@madflower.com
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:36:59 -0400 (EDT)


tar with  -M, --multi-volume
              create/list/extract multi-volume archive
??

I don't know if that will work or not though but it sounds better then the
L option...



On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> OK, I'm looking to back up my home directory on my machine at work
> to CDR.  The problem is that my workstation doesn't have a burner,
> so I need to build the ISO (actually more than one...) on my machine,
> then copy it over to another machine to actually do the burn.  So
> I was looking for a tool that would allow me to select a bunch of
> directories, add up the total space so I know that it will fit on
> a disc, then make an ISO image with all that data.  I tried xcdroast,
> gcombust, and koncd, and none of them seemed to work very well for
> what I was trying to do.
>
> Any suggestions on other programs to try?
>
>