From: Matthew Szudzik (mszudzikandrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 01 2009 - 06:54:42 CST

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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.

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