From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Aug 1 18:33:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA14186 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:33:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from SchematiX.net (schematix.net [24.234.31.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14179 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:33:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@SchematiX.net) Received: from localhost (scott@localhost) by SchematiX.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA00668; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:32:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@SchematiX.net) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 18:32:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott To: Chris Dillon cc: jack , Benedikt Stockebrand , Andrew Bromage , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD writers as a backup medium In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, jack wrote: > > > My experience indicates that your statements are wrong. I piped the > > output of mkisofs to cdrecord in one xterm while doing level 0 dumps > > of about 4 gigs of files in another. Halfway through burning the CD > > /etc/daily started and called /etc/security with its `find'. The CD > > that was produced has been used to install, or upgrade to, 2.2.7 on > > three different machines so far. > > > > I have two 4gig and a 1gig hard drive, the tape drive, the CD > > burner, and a CD reader on a single Adaptec 2940UW. > > I was also able to beat my filesystems to death while burning a CD at > 2x on an HP 4020e. I have two 4.3GB drives on an NCR 53c875 > controller, and the CD writer was on an old Adaotec 1522 (AIC6360, > ISA, non-busmastering.. not the most ideal card for the job either). > The ISO image was already created, however, not created on the fly. > > I love FreeBSD... You can't even breathe on the mouse while trying to > burn a CD in Winblows without risking a failure. :-) not trying to sound like i like like windows, but i have used Office 97 apps while burning CDs and it works fine. Never tried under FreeBSD though. > > -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net > /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. > For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) > (http://www.freebsd.org) */ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message