On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Matthias Apitz <g...@unixarea.de> wrote: > I think it isn't important how many blocks are on the DVD, but more > important that a) all files area readable on the DVD and b) are MD5 > identically with the original on the hard disk. That's why after burning > a tree of files for backup to some DVD I use a combination of > find+md5+sort+diff to verify the result.
I did that too before switching to sysutils/dvdisaster to augment the images with CRCs and ECC blocks. Especially those ECC blocks saved the day for me on more than one occasion. Highly recommended for long(er) time storage. > HIH > > matthias -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"