[ale] Backup large files to span DVDs

[agcarver+ale at acarver.net (Alex Carver)]

On 2015-10-27 10:01, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 08:20:14AM -0700, Alex Carver wrote:
>> I'll need to look into split.  I presume I would just do a split on the
>> tar, burn those individual files, and then splice them back together if
>> they're needed in the future into the single tar to uncompress?
>>
>> Double layer won't help, one of the files is 18 GB. :)
> 
> In all seriousness, there's always Blu-ray.
> 
> Single-layer 25G discs can easily be had for under $1 now, and 50GB 
> dual-layer discs can be found for under $3.

Not when I'm not able to buy the drive.  I have to work with the
hardware I've been given which is a DVD drive.  I'm also required to
make some things universally recoverable meaning a DVD drive, being more
ubiquitous than a Blueray, is the limit.