Chris Jones wrote:
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:09:13PM EST, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
Dave Thayer wrote:
...
One nice bonus about having a powered hub is that it can be used to
recharge gadgets such as cellphones and mp3 players without having to
leave your computer on.
Wouldn't that work for
Dave Thayer wrote:
...
One nice bonus about having a powered hub is that it can be used to
recharge gadgets such as cellphones and mp3 players without having to
leave your computer on.
Wouldn't that work for unpowered hubs too? An unpowered hub can still
supply 100mA to each port.
On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 01:24:56AM EST, Dave Thayer wrote:
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 07:23:38PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 12:46:22PM EST, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Friday 2009 January 09 21:09:30 Chris Jones wrote:
...
3.
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:09:13PM EST, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
Dave Thayer wrote:
...
One nice bonus about having a powered hub is that it can be used to
recharge gadgets such as cellphones and mp3 players without having to
leave your computer on.
Wouldn't that work for unpowered
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Friday 2009 January 09 21:09:30 Chris Jones wrote:
...
3. With only one USB port .. I'll need a hub.. will that work?
For flash drives, yes. For external magnetic drives, only if it is powered.
Of course, if your USB external disk has a separate power input
2009/1/19 Mike McCarty mike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net:
A friend's home in another town nearby, or even just at the work
office can be off site if it's several miles away. [snip]
I've got a sister who lives near Savannah, though I don't know
what the significance of living in Georgia is.
Ah,
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 12:46:22PM EST, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Friday 2009 January 09 21:09:30 Chris Jones wrote:
...
3. With only one USB port .. I'll need a hub.. will that work?
For flash drives, yes. For external magnetic drives, only if it is
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 07:23:38PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 12:46:22PM EST, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Friday 2009 January 09 21:09:30 Chris Jones wrote:
...
3. With only one USB port .. I'll need a hub.. will that work?
Paul Cartwright wrote:
I only plug it in to do backups. The rest of the time it is unplugged and away
That's good.
from the regualr PC. I have an UPS and 2 surge protectors between all my PC
stuff and any electrical outlet. This IS a home system, and I don't really
have access to an
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Chris Jones wrote:
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:02:17AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
[..]
Yes. I partition my external disk with a similar layout as my internal
disk. I've several times upgraded my laptop with a larger, former usb
drive by
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:41:42AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
[..]
Even they are now standardized.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380name=Laptop-Hard-Drives
Thanks, but it looks like they're all SATA and that's probably not
backward-compatible with the old IDE
On 01/16/09 04:30, Chris Jones wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:41:42AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
[..]
Even they are now standardized.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380name=Laptop-Hard-Drives
Thanks, but it looks like they're all SATA and that's probably not
On 01/16/09 04:16, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
[snip]
Not long ago this was more simple, as usb disks generally included IDE.
Since it is sooo cool nowadays to have a sata disk, I assume that the
SATA gives a higher throughput, and is easier to manufacture. Thus,
the drive makers have,
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Chris Jones wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:41:42AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
[..]
Even they are now standardized.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380name=Laptop-Hard-Drives
Thanks, but it looks like they're all SATA and that's probably
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:01:32PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address
in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently returned to
me 2-3 weeks later.
What a waste of peoples time and resources. Imagine if everybody
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 02:12:06 +1300, Chris Bannister
(mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz) wrote:
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:01:32PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address
in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently
Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:01:32PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address
in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently returned to
me 2-3 weeks later.
What a waste of peoples time and resources.
On Wed January 14 2009, Mike McCarty wrote:
I would agree.. I use a $100 500Gb Mybook external as 1-part of my backup
scheme. I use rsync and back up my desktop AND my laptop to the external
HD. easy to specify folders and use a file for exceptions.
IMO, this is an inadequate strategy.
On Wed January 14 2009, Ron Johnson wrote:
But is my home data s valuable as to go to that much effort? An
external HDD (which you can run out of the house with when the house
is on fire) is much easier.
exactly..
mine sits unplugged, and I can grab it on the way out the door.
If you
Paul, All,
On Wed January 14 2009, Mike McCarty wrote:
] IMO, this is an inadequate strategy. Backup media need to be stored
] off-site. Certainly, your external drive needs to remain
Paul Cartwright a...@pcartwright.com:
] I only plug it in to do backups. The rest of the time it is unplugged
]
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Mike McCarty wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks. You could
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:02:17AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
[..]
Yes. I partition my external disk with a similar layout as my internal
disk. I've several times upgraded my laptop with a larger, former usb
drive by just swapping the disk within the usb housing with the disk
within the
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:30:32 -0500
Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote:
...
I could have bought a 500GB portable external USB drive for c. $100.00 ..
possibly less .. opened the case and provided the actual drive was the right
form factor, had holes in the right places so I could secure it
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:14:03PM EST, Celejar wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:30:32 -0500
Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote:
...
I could have bought a 500GB portable external USB drive for c. $100.00 ..
possibly less .. opened the case and provided the actual drive was the right
On 01/15/09 19:30, Chris Jones wrote:
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:02:17AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
[..]
Yes. I partition my external disk with a similar layout as my internal
disk. I've several times upgraded my laptop with a larger, former usb
drive by just swapping the disk within the
Paul Cartwright wrote:
I would agree.. I use a $100 500Gb Mybook external as 1-part of my backup
scheme. I use rsync and back up my desktop AND my laptop to the external HD.
easy to specify folders and use a file for exceptions.
IMO, this is an inadequate strategy. Backup media need to be
H.S. wrote:
Currently, I backup my /home to a partition on a second hard disk in my
desktop. The photos are mounted on a different desktop in a partition on
a hard disk which is shared via samba so that anyone on my home lan can
view them. That partition is backed up on to an external USB hard
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks. You could reuse the same disk
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 15:05 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Paul Cartwright wrote:
I would agree.. I use a $100 500Gb Mybook external as 1-part of my backup
scheme. I use rsync and back up my desktop AND my laptop to the external
HD.
easy to specify folders and use a file for exceptions.
Richard Hector wrote:
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 15:05 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Paul Cartwright wrote:
I would agree.. I use a $100 500Gb Mybook external as 1-part of my backup
scheme. I use rsync and back up my desktop AND my laptop to the external HD.
easy to specify folders and use a file for
On 01/14/09 16:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
(1) Off site storage; if my house burns down, then my data are
still safe (my backup is 13 miles from my house, so an atom bomb
will probably destroy all copies)
Big countries haven't had any A-bombs in many, many decades, and
little countries
On 01/14/09 15:04, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
This is also much more expensive, if one is doing real backups.
A real backup (as opposed to simply a second copy nearby) is
stored off site. So, one would need to rotate external discs
for this to be a viable backup means. Usually one uses at
least
Original Message
From: mike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Labeling backup DVD+RW's
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:07:18 -0600
H.S. wrote:
Currently, I backup my /home to a partition on a second hard disk
in my
desktop. The photos are mounted
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:22:47PM EST, Mike McCarty wrote:
Richard Hector wrote:
[...]
That's obviously true in an ideal sense. But even the local external
disk (or even internal disk) is vastly superior to having none at all
...
It's just true in all senses.
I don't disagree that
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:52:19PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/14/09 15:04, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
This is also much more expensive, if one is doing real backups.
A real backup (as opposed to simply a second copy nearby) is
stored off site. So, one would need to rotate external discs
On 01/14/09 20:01, Chris Jones wrote:
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:52:19PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/14/09 15:04, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
This is also much more expensive, if one is doing real backups.
A real backup (as opposed to simply a second copy nearby) is
stored off site. So, one
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 21:01 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address
in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently returned to
me 2-3 weeks later.
Encrypted DVDs, I hope?
Richard
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:47:57 -0500
Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:22:47PM EST, Mike McCarty wrote:
...
Which reminds me, it's time for my monthly :-)
Aaah .. now, _that's_ not good .. your backups should be automated and
so you don't have to have to have
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:33:16PM EST, Richard Hector wrote:
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 21:01 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address
in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently returned to
me 2-3 weeks later.
On Sun January 11 2009, Chris Jones wrote:
My (laptop) burner claims to do lightscribe - but it needs special
(expensive?) disks, doesn't it? And produces labels that the drive still
can't read?
I'm pretty sure mine isn't .. but I have no evidence to the contrary
either.
I've heard
On Sat January 10 2009, H.S. wrote:
Brand and model is, I think, a personal choice depending on quality.
Most important of these is the size and a reliable brand. For example, I
have a little portable hard disk here (320GB I think) which I can
connect to a laptop. It draws its power from the
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
I'd be tempted to just write on something that never needs erasing -
either a name that makes sense in a repeating cycle (eg 'Monday',
'Tuesday' etc) or just an index number, and keep a separate record of
which disk you need for
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 20:03 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
I'd be tempted to just write on something that never needs erasing -
either a name that makes sense in a repeating cycle (eg 'Monday',
'Tuesday' etc) or just an
On 01/11/09 19:24, Richard Hector wrote:
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 20:03 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
I'd be tempted to just write on something that never needs erasing -
either a name that makes sense in a repeating cycle (eg
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 19:49 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/11/09 19:24, Richard Hector wrote:
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 20:03 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
I'd be tempted to just write on something that never needs erasing -
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:59:39PM EST, Richard Hector wrote:
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 19:49 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/11/09 19:24, Richard Hector wrote:
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 20:03 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 03:49:29AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks.
Raises a few
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks. You could reuse the same disk
I agree with this. I have tackled the problem
Chris Jones wrote:
Raises a few other issues.
1. How do I determine if a modern USB drive will work with USB 1.1?
Unless I am totally mistaken, USB is backward compatible.
2. What brand, model, size do you recommend?
Brand and model is, I think, a personal choice depending on quality.
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Sam Kuper wrote:
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
Any recommendations? Or just any toothpaste will do?
I put mine in the dishwasher.
LOL
Do you use the low temperature eco programme or is the the hot programme
better? Or do you just use
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John Magolske wrote:
There seems to be some controversy regarding the use of Sharpie-type
permanent markers to write on optical disk media:
Numerous CD vendors have noted that the thin protective lacquer
[snip]
CDs and DVDs are
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Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks. You could reuse the same disk
for more or less unlimited
On Fri January 9 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks like usb-disks. You could reuse the same disk
for more or less unlimited rw-cycles for an average lifetime of at least
around 3 years (probably much
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 03:49:29AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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Chris Jones wrote:
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to
use external hard disks
On Friday 2009 January 09 21:09:30 Chris Jones wrote:
1. How do I determine if a modern USB drive will work with USB 1.1?
All drives should work with USB 1.1; it may be slow but it should work.
3. With only one USB port .. I'll need a hub.. will that work?
For flash drives, yes. For external
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:33:17AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 22:40, steve wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Sorry for being unclear .. I meant I practically neve write on plastic,
leather .. etc. just paper .. and apart from stuff like checks etc. I use
cheap mechanical pencils.
As to
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:59:07PM EST, John Magolske wrote:
* Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [090107 18:59]:
On 01/07/09 19:19, Chris Jones wrote:
Does anyone know of a magical pen that would write something legible
on that surface and possibly come with an eraser so that I can reuse
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on
the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying anything
else.
That's deeply weird. Are they Teflon-coated DVD+RW's?
Seriously, I'd check whether your pen still
On 01/08/09 06:53, Chris Jones wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:33:17AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 22:40, steve wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Sorry for being unclear .. I meant I practically neve write on plastic,
leather .. etc. just paper .. and apart from stuff like checks etc. I
On Thursday 2009 January 08 06:59:47 Sam Kuper wrote:
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on
the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying
anything else.
That's deeply weird. Are they Teflon-coated
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:14:44AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/08/09 06:53, Chris Jones wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:33:17AM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 22:40, steve wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Sorry for being unclear .. I meant I practically neve write on plastic,
leather ..
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
Any recommendations? Or just any toothpaste will do?
I put mine in the dishwasher.
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:59:47AM EST, Sam Kuper wrote:
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on
the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying anything
else.
That's deeply weird. Are they
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:59:47AM EST, Sam Kuper wrote:
2009/1/8 Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com
I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on
the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying
anything
On Thursday 08 January 2009, Chris Jones wrote:
...
I guess I'm a little detail dis-oriented .. never bother to look at
brand names on stuff like that.. found a couple of pentels in my
drawer at work, but no sharpies.
Rubbing alcohol is probably destructive to plastic optical
media.
On 01/08/09 13:00, Christopher Judd wrote:
Methylene chloride (paint remover) will dissolve polycarbonate, so don't
use any solvents that contain it.
But huffing it is s col!.
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I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote:
For my backups, I bought a DVD burner and a pack of DVD+RW's but I'm stuck
with one major issue.
The upside of the DVD+RW's is kind of a yellow-gold-bronze color and I can't
seem to find any way I can write anything on
Chris Jones wrote:
Any recommendations? Or just any toothpaste will do?
ive used colgate regular paste, but probably any will do. works good for
scratches on cd/dvd as well!
Also, If found a web page that recommends water and vinegar among other fancy
stuff such as the mild abrasives the
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:27:29PM EST, Brian McKee wrote:
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd just by DVD-R in bulk and shred them as required.
The reason I chose rewritables is that I was trying to find some way I could
do backups w/o any manual
For my backups, I bought a DVD burner and a pack of DVD+RW's but I'm stuck
with one major issue.
The upside of the DVD+RW's is kind of a yellow-gold-bronze color and I can't
seem to find any way I can write anything on them.
Does anyone know of a magical pen that would write something legible
On 01/07/09 19:19, Chris Jones wrote:
For my backups, I bought a DVD burner and a pack of DVD+RW's but I'm stuck
with one major issue.
The upside of the DVD+RW's is kind of a yellow-gold-bronze color and I can't
seem to find any way I can write anything on them.
Does anyone know of a magical
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 09:47:53PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 19:19, Chris Jones wrote:
[..]
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
Sharpies work on every optical disk I've ever needed to write on.
Actually, I've never bought a Sharpie in my life to be honest -
Actually, I've never bought a Sharpie in my life to be honest - I only use
pencils. But it looks like they're inexpensive that my local Staples might
have them.
Do they have an eraser to go with that .. or do I use rubbing alcohol?
Thanks!
CJ
Most Sharpies are permanent.
On 01/07/09 21:52, Chris Jones wrote:
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 09:47:53PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 19:19, Chris Jones wrote:
[..]
Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution?
Sharpies work on every optical disk I've ever needed to write on.
Actually, I've never
[Chris - sorry for the accidental direct reply]
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 22:52 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
Actually, I've never bought a Sharpie in my life to be honest - I only use
pencils. But it looks like they're inexpensive that my local Staples might
have them.
Do they have an eraser to
Ron Johnson wrote:
Rubbing alcohol is probably destructive to plastic optical media.
most definately, but using a sharpie to write on and toothpaste to
remove isnt. thats what ive used anyway.
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On 01/07/09 22:40, steve wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Rubbing alcohol is probably destructive to plastic optical media.
most definately, but using a sharpie to write on and toothpaste to
remove isnt. thats what ive used anyway.
That's the 2nd thing I've learned this month. One more and
* Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [090107 18:59]:
On 01/07/09 19:19, Chris Jones wrote:
Does anyone know of a magical pen that would write something legible
on that surface and possibly come with an eraser so that I can reuse
them and still have a clue what I used them for?
Sharpies don't
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