[compute] [oclug] Writing incremental backups to the same CDR(W)

[tOM Trottier]

Why not use a CDRW?

tOM

On Friday, November 21, 2003 at 11:01
Phil Tanguay <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca> wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I would like to be able to keep a CDR in my drive, and have a cron job
> drop a daily incremental backup on it, without having to swap CDs or
> master an ISO and all that jazz.  
> 
> I've been searching around, and the equivalent functionality in the
> Windows world is provided by Adaptec DirectCD...  I've read that the UDF
> module/driver will do the same kind of thing, but the latest docs mention
> that it won't work for CDs at this point (which makes me wonder about its
> usefulness at all, but that's besides the point.)
> 
> Anyways, any idea of how I could go about this ?  My deltas are probably
> 100Kbs, at the most, so the ability to keep the same disk in the drive for
> long stretches of time is pretty important for convenience.
> 
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