On 8/4/2011 11:45 AM, Arturo wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> My hard disk is full, it has plenty of folders, plenty of files.
> Some folders have 5 GB of files some have 30 GB. I want to backup
> all my files in DVD and delete them from the hard disk.
>
If my hard drive was full, I would probably purchase another hard drive,
install it into the computer, partition it, and create directories to
move my data to.
If the computer had unused hard drive bays on the front of the tower, I
would probably purchase several removable hard drive assemblies... a
cage, installed into the bay in the front of the computer, which then
received the removable hard drive tray, with a hard drive installed into it.
You can see the trays and receptacles hre:
http://robertwittig.net/workshop.html
...where I have three different types installed in three different machines.
This will solve the space problem in two different ways... first, by
adding a single hard drive, just by plugging it in, and more to the
point, you can purchase additional hard drives and receptacle-tray
assemblies, to expand storage almost indefinitely. I have a small
library of back-up hard drive, neatly labeled, for storage, and I just
plug the one I need to work with in when I need it, and put it away when
done.
I usually install a receptacle and tray on the primary boot cable. This
permits me to install multiple operating systems on smaller hard drives,
just by swapping in the OS I want to run at any given time.
Then you will be able to run any operating system you want, and access
any data partition you want, as long as the OS running is able to
read/write to the file system holding the data.
To write to DVD:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-write-burn-data-to-dvd-or-dvdrw.html
> The traditional way to do this, is to create individual folders,
> select files and move them to each individual folder until the folder
> reaches 4.3 GB, and then create another one and repeat the process.
> That would take several days to complete.
>
> I wonder if there is a way to do this, using the "mv" command.
> Something like: /mv *.pdf /bkup01< 4.3 GB (this is not the actual
> syntax, is just a way to illustrate my idea, asking the system to
> move all the pdf files to the folder bkup01 until 4.3 GB is reached.
>
I'm a little leery of 'mv' because if anything goes wrong, the
possibility exists for an irrecoverable data loss.
I usually use 'cp', and when I am sure I have clean and complete data, I
delete the original.
> Is this possible? If it is; could you help me with the correct
> syntax to perform that task?
mv /[some directory] *.pdf /[some backup directory]
Before you can write data to a DVD, you have to format the DVD (see URL
above) ...and once the DVD is formatted you have to enter the correct
command, which varies from on OS and DVD-burning tool-set to another.
See: http://www.noao.edu/wiyn/WIYN-dvd-instructions.html ...for an
example, but determine the correct syntax for your own OS and DVD
burning tools.
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