[lug] tar command with ZIP 250MB

[Trent Jarvi]

If your just using the media for backup why not do
something like

tar -cvf /dev/sda4 / --exclude-from /etc/ignore
--preserve --totals

/etc/ignore:

/proc
/tmp
...

otherwise you can mkfs.ext2 on the media, mount it and
use a regular file.

mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda4
mount /dev/sda4 /mntpoint
same as you have done in the past.

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--- David Willcox <acesouth at frii.com> wrote:
> Does anyone happen to know if I can use the 'tar'
> command to backup date to
> a ZIP 250MB drvie on a Linux box without having to
> use 'vfat' as my file type.
> If so what sytax would you use and what file type
> would I use? My command 
> that I tried was 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zip' and
> it does work. But I gues I don't
> understand if my file are being backup up in a Dos
> format or what and if I ever
> need them back I would be in trouble or can someone
> explain this to me.
> 
> I have only one hardrive dedicated totally to Linux
> ver.6.5
> 
> Appreciate any help with this and thanks ahead,
> 
> Dave Willcox :-)
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