On Sat, July 14, 2007 10:51 am, Mark Schoonover wrote: > > I agree, just an FYI about long term archiving on CDR/DVD-R. It's an > interesting problem. Long term storage of digital information. Not just > photos, but other files too. Where I work, we have a bunch of files from > the > XY Write days. Nothing around that can read that format. Luckily, they're > very basic binary files, and the text can easily be read. What's going to > happen in 20 years when we need to read a Word95 doc? >
I've been made aware of just how serious a problem this is for home burns. I have data I want to preserve for my kids ... when they're in their 40s. AFAICT, technology just isn't there yet. Until then, repeated re-recording seems to be the way to go. No remarks on whether disabling smartd is valid or whistling dixie? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
