On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:27:57AM EST, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
>> I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW >> is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in >> terms of capacity.. [..] > My comments probably won't be very helpful to you. I seem to be at > about the same point as you, with respect to use of optical discs for > backup purposes. I use them only for the really important stuff that > I want backed up to a separate system, an external portable hard > drive, AND to optical disc. One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell phone's micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be out of the house with my cell phone, or grab a few belongings including said mobile before I rushed outside. The problem with that is that it still has the original vfat .. formatting, and whatever it is, it doesn't like 4G+ files either :-) > I bought a cakebox of DVD+R(DL) discs thinking that I could just keep > on using xfburn. Unfortunately, xfburn isn't interested. I've only > managed to use brasero to burn a large (> 4.3 GB) tar.gz file to > a dual layer disc, and the results of hashing the file on the DL disc > didn't match the hash of the original file. So, I've started splitting > my archive files and burning them to single-layer discs. I guess that addresses my original question in good part.. I already have a large enough collection of coasters, thank you. > I'd love to be able to use the dual layer discs. And I'd even consider > buying and using a BluRay drive -- if that would offer a valid > solution for burning my data in one go. But I wonder if BR isn't > multimedia-centric in the same way as dual layer DVD+R(DL). Apart from the cost of the medium... I am very suspicious of all the hidden stuff that infects anything Blu-Ray.. And you're probably right.. may turn out to be unsuitable for data archiving. > I don't ever do multi-session burning, though. I just do single > track-at-once burns. I've run into too many issues in the past with > borked ToC (though that was under Windows). I'm a simple guy. Same here.. That's one of the reason I'm not in too much of a rush to revamp my current backup procedures. > If it bit me once without what I consider to be good cause, I don't > "pet" it again. :-) cj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110202181020.GB4093@pavo.local
