On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 03:23:37PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> Hello guys, 
> 
> I'm looking for a way to backup to cd's/dvd's using dump(8).  Searching
> through the archives, I found this post: 
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2002/01/02/0023.html
> 
> ... what about integrating gzip? ...
>
> What do you guys think?  


It is a great idea, but I don't think it currently works.  See

http://backyard.homeunix.net/~ben/docs/comp/unix/netbsd/cdrw-backup-idea

Ben