Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 16:31:05 -0500 From: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backing up my CDs [was Re: My horror story] Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020510162454.01a4b828@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <20020510111431.S40234-100000@pogo.caustic.org> References: <20020510140416.C16272-100000@mrami.homeunix.org>
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At 01:22 PM 5/10/2002, f.johan.beisser wrote: >On Fri, 10 May 2002, Marc Ramirez wrote: > > > As someone who is archiving his CD collection, what do people use out > > there for backing up 200 gig of crap? > >the problem is that home storage has far outstripped the ability of home >backup systems. while you can buy a hard drive that can store 60gb for >about USD$120 these days, getting a tape drive system that can do the same >per tape will set you back around USD$2,000, not counting the cost of the >tapes. I want to use CDs to back up some partitions and large files (more than 1 GB). Is there any good way to split these large files into 650 MB chunks for burning to CD-Rs? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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