23 Feb
2015
23 Feb
'15
9:36 p.m.
That's exactly why I brought USB sticks to your attention,
USB stick requires no additional hardware (no burner): they are
recognized automagically by Linux as disks.
As long as you have an USB port available, plug the stick, format it
like an external disk if you want - since most of them are pre-formated
in fat32 so you cannot put a file bigger than 4Gb on them.
I formated mines as Ext4 so they are seen as external 'normal' drives by
the OS.
You can read and write on an USB stick as often as you like.
I even use USB sticks as boot devices to install Trinity on PC's.
And these devices are small, fast, and keep your data safe for years!
I used them for years and never had any problem of any kind, even in
severe weather conditions like the ones we have here (from -35C to +30C).
I even lost one in water and it kept its data (after a slow drying, I
admit :-)
Regards,
midi-pascal
On 15-02-23 04:08 PM, dep wrote:
didn't see this earlier.
blu-ray mdiscs for data behave just like bib dvds. one issue i encountered is that if you
try to put too much on one, it both refuses to burn and throws all sorts of inscrutable
errors that do not hint at the real cause -- trying to put too much stuff on the disc. to
be save, don't try to get 25 gigs on one, but instead call it quits a bit before then.
you must also disable multi-session. you get one shot at each disc.
dep
On Feb 23, 2015, at 3:54 PM, midi-pascal
<midi-pascal(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
Sorry to intrude but...
Did you ever thought using USB keys?
It costs (almost) nothing, it is fast and you can rewrite the medium as often as you
want!
Here in canada you can find a 64Gb USB stick in supermarkets under CAN 50.00$
I have made my backups on USB sticks (not even compressing the data) with rsync for years
without any problem.
I bought 4 64Gb sticks and rotate them.
I had to restore some times and never had any problem.
Just wanted to add a view on an easy storage medium here...
midi-pascal
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On 15-02-23 03:22 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
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On Monday 23 February 2015 18.10:52 Timothy
Pearson wrote:
I'm not surprised at that; I boycotted Blu-Ray a long time ago due to it's
primary use as a DRM enforcement technology* and therefore don't have any
Blu-Ray equipment with which to enhance k3b.
Tim
I've ordered an external burner - I'm not interrested in Blu-Ray
itself, but
my Photo archive would require dozens of DVDs to secure (I remember
creating a set of 25 floppies to install OS/2, but that was long time ago).
I understand Blu-Ray uses DRM to handle video, but does this mean it's also
required to burn data? I want to burn Blu-Ray M-Discs (data only).
I'll switch to another OS if necessary (as it would only be for an archival
process) but of course I'd rather do it with Linux (and Trinity if possible).
If I can provide any information once the hardware is there...
Thierry
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