> > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:26:20PM -0400, John Drescher wrote: > > > I was trying to set up bacula on my parents' laptop the other day so > > > that they could do proper backups to DVD+RW disks. Only it isn't > > > working. > > > > > All I can say is the dvd writing code is alpha quality or even worse > > since the developer working on that quit the project many years ago. > > On top of that the developers (including Kern) also have discussed > > removing that feature entirely. > > Right; I was afraid someone was going to say that. > > > I would suggest that you just make 4GB disk volumes and externally > > burn these to dvd media then delete the 4GB disk volumes from your > > server. > > Not an option -- I'm doing it this way since explaining dad how k3b > works seemed to be too difficult... I wanted to have something that said > "click here for backup", or some such. > > I guess I'll have to find something else, then. >
A 4GB memory stick wouldn't do the job for you? It should be heaps more reliable than a DVD+RW (won't care about dirty marks, scratches, etc), and faster, and given that 4GB is on the very low end of what's available these days they should be pretty cheap too. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
