From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C31E3138010 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECC61E0964; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:57:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92B25E06B7 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5748E2EA6B9 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RIPhoT4EXnCp for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [69.166.21.167]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CED12EA686 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:55:27 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] new machine : DVDs Message-ID: <20120821085527.GE2888@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 60006864-74c0-4c72-aa39-1e19d9fc035f X-Archives-Hash: 5e4177b05a835e06da5311f211c26b5c 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. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca