Re: DVD writing, alpha architecture, recommendations wanted
Hi Andy!
Thanks for your answer, here some comments:
On Fre, 19 Mär 2004, Andy Polyakov wrote:
> As for dvd+rw-tools. There were couple of success reports from Alpha
> Linux users and I see no reason why it should be more "buggy" or less ok
Good to hear. But the history of supporting stuff on alpha architecture
wasn't that good, so I am careful.
> > growisofs.c: In function `setup_fds':
> > growisofs.c:503: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
>
> Note that those are not errors, but warnings. I can assure that they
Yuo, I know this, I checked the code and didn't see anything which I
would count as problem, so I didn't care.
> as intended. I can also add that warning will be eliminated in next
> update.
Good to hear.
> ^^^^^^^^^^ Just pick brand-name unit
> and stick to brand name media.
Ok.
> > - Do you know a `good' backup program for DVD?
>
> Keep in mind that this is a *discussion* forum. Define "backup program"
> and then define "'good' backup program." Think about what's so special
> about DVD in context of these two definitions. Which backup programs did
> you use so far? Were they 'good'? Think about why can't you use then
> with DVD? A.
We used self written scripts which in turn used dump for ext2 to tapes.
Unfortunately our tapes are now too small for full backups, which makes
it very cumbersome.
We are in the process of switching to rsnapshots (rsnapshot.org) onto a
remote computer with big hard disk (this is the alpha architecture).
>From their we want to make backups from time to time of the full system.
Definition of `good' for me: It should run without more or less any user
intervention, only for changing media.
Reason for this: We are mathematicians working at the university and in
fact don't want to spent a lot of time doing sysadm jobs. Our salary is
already low enough ;-)
Anyway, I already got some answers off list and will evaluate the
options. Thanks for your input and all the best
Norbert
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