Rob, I am not sure what you are talking about. AFAIK, both EZCD Creator and Nero (bundled with most CD writers) do have a "verify" option. And in command line world, "cp -R /dev/cd /dev/null >& errlog" or something similar does the verification just as well. And yes, checking the newly burned CD for read errors is crucial.
Best, Mishka > From: Rob Studdert > Subject: Re: backup (was Digital doubts) > Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 17:04:47 -0700 > > > On 28 Jul 2002 at 16:57, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > > > > No. What should be learned is that backups have to be tested. It > > has to be verified that the backup hardware/software/restore all > > work at least once. I'll bet that none of these corrupt backups > > had ever worked or been tested in their current configuration. > > Agreed and it's pretty sad that the current crop of popular CD > authoring software doesn't offer verify after write. By not verifying > back-ups the user can justify laying blame something/someone else > when their (supposedly) valuable data can't be recovered. Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
