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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 06:21:39AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote |
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> so I'm now planning to buy a new DVD drive & to start using DVDs. |
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> I wb using them only for back-ups, not playing music or videos. |
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> This looks like a good enough item : |
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> ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x SATA Black R 48x W 8x OEM : CAD 24,99 |
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Some "outside the box thinking"... |
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* You said CDs are going away, so let's use DVDs |
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* Others said DVDs are going away, so let's use Bluerays |
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* I say that exposed-platter media in general is going away |
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So let's look at using USB keys instead... |
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* My "offsite backup" is a couple of 16-gig USB keys in a safety deposit |
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box at my bank. Ever tried to stash a CD/DVD/Blueray disk into a |
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regular-size safety deposit box? It doesn't work. |
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* Random access - check |
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* All permissions and ownership UIDs - check (when formatted with any |
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linux file system). |
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I suggest formatting as ext2fs. It's simple, and it works. You won't |
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be writing that often, and journaling filesystems can be murder on USB |
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keys. FAT32 doesn't save linux ownership+permissions. Also, while the |
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FAT32 partition can go up to 2 terabytes, individual files can only go |
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up to 4 gigs. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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