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
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
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 are:
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 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's
