Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> I have seen advice on listservs not to back up to a CD ROM.  I never
> understood why.  Why is it a bad idea to use CDROMS as storage media?
>
The only reason I can think of is capacity.  However that depends on
what you're backing up.  If a full system, then it's insufficient.  If a
home directory, then it may be OK.  If you use single use CD-R, then
you'll likely have several generations of backup available, unless you
toss them.

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