I need help.

Here is what I have:
Fedora 7
Adaptec 2940uw
Wangdat 3400DX

I need to be able to TAR some directories and then restore them after I finish some major hardware changes to my Fedora 7 Desktop/server

I use this system as a desktop and also as a file server nothing really fancy, but I managed to max out the original drives and plan to upgrade to larger Drives. The problem I have is that I need to backup some files so that I can do this without loosing them.

the directories are as follows

1. /Storage/Music
2. /Storage/Movies
3. /Storage/Videos

I want to make independent backups of all these directories, meaning that I need to backup each dir and then restore them seperately.
What is the best command for to backup to tape and then what is the command to restore from tape when I get done doing upgrades to F7 box.

I keep looking at the TAR man pages and the local lug group are to vauge for me to truely understand. Pleas keep the descreption as simple as possible seeing as I am still kinda new to Linux and to the TAR command.


RObert

tar cf MyFileName.tar /Storage/Music/*
tar cf MyFileName.tar /Storage/Movies/*
tar cf MyFileName.tar /Storage/Videos/*

This example is for producing tar files and not backing up to a tape. Also using /Storage/Music is enough to backup the Music directory. The command would look more like this:
However, you want to read the tar info manual. I don't have a tape device, and am not versed in using one. I also don't know what tape drive you use and if a different device name is used.

Also, since Fedora Core uses SELinux, read their documentation on tar. Is it a newer version that handles acls and security contexts? If not, you may want to use the "star" program instead.