On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:23:28PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 09 March 2005 09:53 pm, Cage wrote: > > William Ballard wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:44:51PM -0600, Bill Day wrote: > > >>I was wondering what the lists advice would be for using a cd-rw as a > > >>removeable storage disc? I am running Debian sarge witha 2.4.27 kernel > > >> and ked 3.3.2 > > >> > > >>As always, thanks in advance. I can only advise to think hard about what and how you want to backup/store and to write a script accordingly, perhaps with a specific directory where all the stuff you want to take accumulates. > > > > > > I have never used packet writing and always use mkisofs and cdrecord. > > > It is far smarter to get a 1GB flash drive to use as a "removable > > > floppy." > > > > The problem with using CDRW for a removable storage device is that it > > can only be re written to about 15 times. > > I've heard different figures on this, but never as low as 15 times. I've > always heard more about 100 or so. Have you heard or seen many sources that > cite such a low number? Or is it from your experience? > > Hal I agree with Hal here, I actually _have_ a CD-RW to which I have written ~100 times. The crucial thing here is to take care of your baby. I always kept it clean and it went directly jewel case => cd-writer => jewel case. I didn't notice any problems. > > > You'll notice after some time > > that the edges of the silver media will start to flake off. I had this > > happen to me and my father had the same thing. What will happen is the > > edge will flake off. This is where the disk volume is written. And when > > this is corrupted it will render the disc useless. You might be able to > > read what was already written but it won't write anymore. I had one that > > got so bad that it wouldn't even read. I wish I had teh original > > magazine article I read about this in. But when I read it and inspected > > my cdrw media it was on the money. For the price it's easier to just get > > cdr's and use them. Or if you definitely need a removable media you're > > going to be transferring with continuously definitely look into flash > > drive or compact flash card with card reader. The second will come in > > handy with digital cameras also. Or like I do. I have all my computers, > > 2 desktops, a laptop and a pda, networked together with a hub. I haven't > > needed to use any transfer media in ages. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- Andreas Rippl -- GPG messages preferred Key-ID: 0x81073379
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