On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 4/2/2002 10:29 AM -0800, Shaheen Tonse wrote:
> >(assuming that Murphy's Law does not kick in.)
>
> Now why in hell would someone bet against Murphy? Murphy's Law kicks in
> *precisely* when it shouldn't, everybody knows that! The whole POINT of
At 4/2/2002 10:29 AM -0800, Shaheen Tonse wrote:
>(assuming that Murphy's Law does not kick in.)
Now why in hell would someone bet against Murphy? Murphy's Law kicks in
*precisely* when it shouldn't, everybody knows that! The whole POINT of
backup is to avoid Murphy's law. Else, the fact that I
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 13:29, Shaheen Tonse wrote:
(c) The probability of both happening is even smaller: the
multiplication of those 2 small numbers. (assuming that Murphy's Law
does not kick in.)
The whole reason for doing backups is to safeguard against Murphy's Law.
geesh
charles
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Vikram Patel wrote:
>
> I want to use cdrecord to do daily backups. i am running into a small snag. I have
>to delete the cd before i can write to it. What are the options for cdrecord to
>overwrite in one command. right now i have created a script to first delete all the
e day fails this
is not as much of a tragedy
Mike
-Original Message-
From: Barry L. Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2002 06:34
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: using cdrecord to backup files.
Vikram Patel wrote:
>
> I want to use cdrecord to do daily ba
Vikram Patel wrote:
>
> I want to use cdrecord to do daily backups. i am running into a
> small snag. I have to delete the cd before i can write to it. What
> are the options for cdrecord to overwrite in one command. right now
> i have created a script to first delete all the data on cd and then
Vikram,
For a start I would not worry about the cdwrite
failing.
(a) The probablility of needing a particular
day's backup is small.
(b) Assume that the probability of cdwrite failing
is also small.
(c) The probability of both happening is even
smaller: the multiplication of those 2 small numbers
