Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > At 10:26 AM 4/24/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Ross Boylan wrote: > > > >Just a thought -- I have heard that CD-Rs have a 1-bit per 100kB error > >rate > >in 1 year. What that means is that in your typical 1-Meg program, > >backed up to CD-R

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > I've heard that CDR is pretty reliable; the error rate you describe would > make it almost useless. Can anyone confirm or deny this? > I too am surprised at the statement. But I have many cd's with me which are about 3

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Ross Boylan
At 10:26 AM 4/24/02 +0200, you wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: > > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. > Just a thought -- I have heard that CD-Rs have a 1

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Dave Carrigan
Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. > > This means I'm interested in compression and streaming solutions. >

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:43:31PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. > > This means I'm interested in compression and str

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 23, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. CD-Rs are too small to be practical for any reasonab

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-24 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:43:31PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. [...] > The problem is a lot of the stuff doesn't ad

Re: Q's on backup to CD-R

2002-04-23 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Ross Boylan quotation: > > Thanks for any info or advice. Large hard drives are really, really cheap. If you can spend $100 and solve your whole problem, isn't that worth it? Add more space. Make backups to it, then chunk them to CD-R at your leisure. I use flexbackup with afio for mak