That doesn't sound like a backup to me. dd isn't a backup program,
and CDs are not normally things you back up.
A backup is just a copy of the data on a different media than the
source (in this case, a hard drive). People back up CDs alll the time,
in case they get scratched or damaged, and the
On Monday, 1 May 2006 at 21:21:26 -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote:
> On 5/1/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Without more background in what you're trying to do (you don't even
>> say what backup program or what medium you're trying to back up to),
>> or what your concerns are, it'
On 5/1/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday, 1 May 2006 at 19:44:00 -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote:
> I'm trying to back up some of my software, and I'm having some
> problems, I found something in the archives specifying the need to set
> a block size of 2k or greater. This
On Monday, 1 May 2006 at 19:44:00 -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote:
> I'm trying to back up some of my software, and I'm having some
> problems, I found something in the archives specifying the need to set
> a block size of 2k or greater. This makes a backup (I've not tested it
> yet).
>
> My questions
I'm trying to back up some of my software, and I'm having some
problems, I found something in the archives specifying the need to set
a block size of 2k or greater. This makes a backup (I've not tested it
yet).
My questions are:
(1) Why does this work?
(2) Is it possible that not using the defaul
