On Dec 14, 2010 8:45 PM, "Yuwen Dai" <yuw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The way I see it, you've got a few choices: >> 1. Compare ls -lR which won't catch burn issues. But pretty quick. >> 2. dd the cd and diff or checksum that. >> 3. Copy the files back to disk and run the checksum there (possibly quicker because the disk shouldn't have time to slow down). >> 4. The way you're doing it :) >> >> I don't think there are any other options. Though, I'd question your motives here. If you're thinking cheap backup I wouldn't recommend it over tape or just buying tons of the cheapest ($/gig) hdd you can find. > > Not for backing up. I just want to ensure that the burning is OK. >
Door #2 sounds most promising.
