From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] new machine : DVDs
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120821085527.GE2888@ca.inter.net> (raw)
Thanks to everyone for the lengthy explanations, which are very helpful.
My conclusion is that I might as well stick to CDs for now,
leaving the CD drive in the present -- soon to be stand-by -- box.
I have a stock of 16 new CD-R's & a similar number of CD-RW's,
which seem to go on being rewritten, tho' slower than the CD-R's
(CDs are still popular: my local store has large numbers in stock).
I use them for long-term back-ups & for all-time archives,
as well as using USB sticks, so it's only after c 9 mth
(yes, I make daily USB back-ups & off-site on another machine every week).
I don't like the idea of keeping all my precious copies on 1 medium,
in case the Earth's poles reverse or some other magnetic catastrophe
causes all the HDDs, SSDs & USB sticks to be wiped out (smile).
It wb easy to copy the archive from a USB to the stand-by machine,
then write it to CDs there, given the long intervals between.
The CAD saved will go towards a more costly, but more cutting-edge mobo.
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