From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 21:11:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC6616A469 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 21:11:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825FC13C45A for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 21:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4PLB1JR001538; Fri, 25 May 2007 23:11:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 72933B826; Fri, 25 May 2007 23:11:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 23:11:01 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Robert Marella Message-ID: <20070525211101.GA73319@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Robert Marella , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20070525150929.GA25582@panix.com> <200705251630.l4PGU0YF091446@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070525094635.3932cddf@p4> <20070525200212.GA31112@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070525104031.36e2a857@p4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070525104031.36e2a857@p4> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: In defense of a GUI (was: atapicam, blah, blah) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:11:04 -0000 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:40:31AM -1000, Robert Marella wrote: > > dirsplit (http://freshmeat.net/projects/dirsplit/) will do the trick > > nicely. > >=20 > > Roland >=20 > Roland >=20 > Thanks for the reply. Mea culpa, I failed to mention that the > individual file cannot be spread over different media. After archiving > to DVD I than catalog the photos on a Windows machine using Portfolio. Dirsplit doesn't split up files. And you can even tell it to keep directories intact. > My photographer will get calls years later from brides wanting a > certain picture or two. Using Portfolio she can call up the picture and > it will request the specific DVD be installed.=20 CD-R and DVD=B1R might not be the most reliable form of long term backup, though. I've seen test reports in magazines indicating significant corruption after as little as two years. There are special "archival quality" disks, but they are more expensive. See e.g. http://www.manifest-tech.com/media_dvd/dvd_compatibility.htm and http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm and http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-m= edia/ I like USB harddisks for backups, because of the large and ever growing capacity available, although the cost per gigabyte is currently around 1.75 that of a cheap DVD disk. But problems like splitting up large directories disappear, as does hunting through stacks of DVDs.=20 Other people here are more knowledgeable about things like tape backup, which still seems to be a popular solution for people with large collections of data.=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGV1DlEnfvsMMhpyURAmyDAJ9ub2Ath96Fi0vhcBSiBVlFh2bRBgCbBbGD oxHC50vcQY0LryXYLVWaSD0= =YrrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--