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Kevin --- ibk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, > > >upgrades etc. It seems that cdrtools is one route > to > >use. I would have to purchase a commercial > license. > >The money is not such an issue, but I would want to > be > >sure it was going to work. > > > > > > > > As Bhaskar mentioned k3b is an excellent solution > for burning CD and DVD's. > On this 64 bit Debian/Sarge laptop I did > > # apt-get install k3b dvd+rw-tools cdrdao > > You have the option of creating a seperate group > (cdrom I think) for > burning - or you can assign the permissions to the > various tools during > the setup when you first call the application. > > I am not aware of any need for a commercial license > for any of the > above. I would also expect the USB device to be > well supported with > most of the recent stock kernels. Just as an aside, > with 2.6.x you > don't need to use SCSI emulation for IDE CDROM > drives, which is nice. > > >6. Purchase and install tape backup system for the > >linux box. This may well be a great options, but I > >have no experience with this. > > > > > My first experience with tape backup with GNU/Debian > was with an old > Colorado floppy based mini-tape backup system with > the ftape drivers - > it was slow, but worked perfectly (restore and > backup). > > If you add a SCSI tape backup you will have a huge > array of software > solutions - from something as simple as 'tos' (tape > oriented > backups-perl driven) to enterprise tools like > Amanda. I have used > various HP SCSI backup systems in the past and don't > recall any problems. > > And as mentioned, if you have questions about Samba > and Windows John > Terpstra's series of books and essays are excellent. > BTW, he is a first > rate speaker if you ever have the chance of > attending one of his > lectures or seminars, you will really get a huge > boost up with regards > to networking in heterogenous environments. > > > I hope this is of some help. > > Ismet > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
