On Dec 14, 2010 8:45 PM, "Yuwen Dai" <yuwend@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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 :)
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>> 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.
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> Not for backing up. I just want to ensure that the burning is OK.
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Door #2 sounds most promising.