Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > I know what you mean...I'm hoping that some of this is addressed in Mandrake 7.2.
>
> Truth is, as bad as Windoze is, it's spoiled us. Unix has always been
> the superior OS but Microsoft knew what problems most people needed
> solving and in a standalone environment they did pretty well at
> eliminating all the technical stuff from the "desktop." While I might
> moan about all the installation "stuff" of Linux, Mandrake (and Red Hat
> for that matter) are a darn sight easier to deal with than when I was
> installing SunOS and applications on a Sparcstation. No RPMS there. No
> plug-n-play device managers. Just tarballs and vi.
>
> If there's a difference with Linux it's that I've now got friends who
> want to get into Linux and it's a tough pill to swallow, regardless of
> all its virtues. There are days when chasing down 'how tos' puts a sour
> taste in my mouth. Then Windows crashes...again...and I feel better :-)
>
> > And you are correct in what you've said about the CD-RW, but that's something that
>most don't know about. I know of
>
> Yes, they do seem to be that "mysterious" device that looks too much
> like a floppy with more space :-)
>
> > thinking that he would be able to use this CD-RW like he used the floppy drive on
>his machine. It took a little while for me to explain that it just didn't work that
>way. There
>
> True...especially when dealing with the RW disks.
>
> > used in order for him to even be able to use the hardware in a normal fashion with
>"recordable" Cd's. I myself really prefer the Recordables as opposed the re-writable
>CDROM's. Much simpler.
>
> You betcha! In the Windows world I have two RW disks that I use for
> daily backups. Other than that, everything is on closed CD-Rs as I want
> the stuff available if I'm working with a minimal system.
>
> As long as we're talking about this, what do you use in the Linux world
> for CD-R management? I finally got Gtoaster to work but it doesn't seem
> to figure out (and report) what the total size of the files I want put
> onto a disk is and whether they will fit. That seems a bit odd to me.
> Is there something better?
>
> Cheers --- Larry
Larry,
I've been really enjoying your responses here on the list!
That being said, I haven't really come up with a workable, steady backup
solution yet other than keep /home on it's own partition and tarballing
data files for storage. I have a tape drive installed in the machine,
but I haven't been able to get it working. I think there's something
wrong with the drive itself. Obtaining a CD-R is my next planned
acquisition, although at times I get caught between getting more RAM or
getting the CD-R.
CD-R management??? Haven't even thought about it yet. Well, at least not
too hard as to acually get me searching for information.
--
Mark
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