>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On 26 Jul, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> For my 900 MHz Pentium III compression (flag -z6) is fast
>>> enough for my CD burner (4x). I suppose it could deliver
>>> data even fast enough for an (8x) burner.
>>> You save time and money (less CDs)
>>> Furthermore it supports incremental dumps.
>>
>> Does it support multi-session CD-Rs? My incremental backups at home
>> hardly ever take up more than 50-100MB, and even though CD-Rs are cheap
>> I still hate to waste the space ;-)
>>
>I don't think so, because the Linux kernel doesn't support multi-session
>and restore reads the raw device.
As it looks that the Linux kernel uses stolen code from the Solaris kernel
Linux only supports multi-session with drives that implement the old Sony
propriatary method for ms.
J�rg
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