I've had some dvds (DVD+R or DVD-R types) report read errors when I went to check them after a couple of years. It seems the physical media is not as stable as originally advertised.
JN On 2018-02-25 02:03 PM, Rick Leir wrote: > How are dvd's for archiving photos? I have been betting on them. They would > not survive a fire, but they are compact so you can send a copy to a relative > for safekeeping. I suspect that they would survive flooding. Maybe we will > still have dvd drives in ten years! Otherwise we will have to copy the > archives onto whatever new media comes up. > Cheers -- Rick > _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
