Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 21:18:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: dutch@charm.net (Dutch Collins) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using CD as Backup Dev Message-ID: <199912070218.VAA52638@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <384BE903.C16CF4BC@charm.net> from Dutch Collins at "Dec 6, 1999 11:49:07 am"
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Dutch Collins wrote, > I have been thinking of using a CD for backups. I figure a 18gig SCSI > drive and a SCSI CD make a perfect couple. So, is this practicable? An 18 GB drive can fill about 28 CDs. If you have a 8x burner, that's still well over 4 hours to write. Does your CDROM have an automated 28+ CD changer? That's a long time to sit around swapping CDs. Now, do you think that is "practicable?" -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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