On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:04:32PM +0000, Dieter wrote: > > i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media > > files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just > > burn them on a iso.. > > ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit.
I use pax -w -B 1500000k -x cpio to avoid the 2GB filesize limit in ISO filesystems. The command splits the cpio archive into 1.5GB files--exactly three of these files will fit on a standard DVD.