I was looking for a better way to manage our kickstart
and recovery tools when I came across this
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
It's kewl. There are a goodly amount of tools
included right out of the box and it is easily hacked
to add your own stuff.
I added all of our our favorite tools and
I've been archiving my photo collection on CD-R and have 25 CDs.
About 22GB. I've thought about DVDs, but I haven't seen much on
DVD-R or DVD+R longevity. Does anyone have any
sources/experiences? I'd imagine it's similar, but DVDs use
different encoding, etc.
On 11/15/05, Jason Stephenson <[EM
> >>However, I hear CD-ROM is unreliable even over 12 months, so that's
> >>out.
> >
> > I have heard this too. Does anyone know the physical mechanism
> > responsible for the deterioration? ...
>
> Exposure to light and excessive heat can deteriorate the dye layer on
> CD-R and CD-RW media.
>From what I've read, DVD-R is more reliable over time due to the
layering... the data is on a layer near the center of the disc rather
than on the top surface as it is on a CD-R. Also, those I know who
use this for long-term backups seal them in plastic with one of those
silica gel packets (DO NO
On Nov 15, 2005, at 7:48 PM, Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
However, I hear CD-ROM is unreliable even over 12 months, so that's
out.
I have heard this too. Does anyone know the physical mechanism
responsible for the deterioration? I seem to associate the tale
with a
study at a library, and the C
On 11/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Add to Address Book] [View Source]
> I agree with Ken on this one. If you're looking for a plop down, configure,> and just run server, eJabberd is the best open source solution.I found that after
Did they say WHY it was put into that state? The Registry can take it OFF hold for you.
If it's paid up, which it appears to be, tell em you want it fixed in the next 24 hours, or taken off hold in 24 hours, or you A) Show up with machine guns, or B) Show up with Lawyers with machine guns.
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:03 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote:
> Did they say WHY it was put into that state? The Registry can take
> it OFF hold for you.
The registry, PIR.Org insisted that I had to deal with the registrar,
AIT.
>
> If it's paid up, which it appears to be, tell em you want it fix
On Nov 16, 2005, at 12:19, Python wrote:
We have asked the Registry to
restore the affected domains, but it refuses to admit wrongdoing and
insists on restoration fees before doing so. Our fallback position is
to register secondary domains that point to the main website so
affected
customers
On Nov 15, 2005, at 21:29, Jason Stephenson wrote:
I also tend to only buy Fuji Film or Taiyo Yuden discs for my serious
tasks.
A couple years ago when I was responsible for a system fedexing out
about 200 CD's a day with $2K worth of medical tests on each I spent a
week doing research on th
Bill McGonigle wrote:
One can order a spindle of Taiyo Yuden's directly online so I haven't
needed to buy CD's at Best Buy except in emergency, but I keep an eye on
their stock just in case and sometimes they have Japan, sometimes Taiwan.
Any places you'd recommend for ordering them, or place
On 11/16/05, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The question is, how do you detect a bad CD batch before losing the
> data. Since higher temperature would accelerate the loss of contrast
> in the dye, a simple test at high temperature might sort the good
> manufacturers or production run
On 11/16/05, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm interested in what is going to happen (or maybe already has)with SATA and hotswap. IDE/PATA explictly does *not* support hotswap,
or so I've read. So you always have to go with the external enclosurethat you can turn on and off to swap disks.
On Nov 16, 2005, at 14:23, John Abreau wrote:
Any places you'd recommend for ordering them, or places to avoid?
Is their DVD-R media also of archival quality, or only their CD-R
media?
I don't know about the DVD-R. I'd assume it's good since reason for
the quality of their CD-R line was th
What about the software side of the discussion. Assuming a basic
backup strategy around either CD-R or DVD-R, what are your favorite
tools for scheduling and handling nightly ( incremental ) backups and
periodic full?
I'm looking to put together a more automated strategy for home use. I
want to
Is there a way to invoke rpmbuild such that %_topdir is specified?
I know that I can specify %_topdir in the $HOME/.rpmmacros file. I am
interested in knowing if there is a way to specify this variable on
the command line.
Specifying --buildroot isn't what I want.
Specifying --root seems to be
On 11/16/05, Python <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:03 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote:The registry, PIR.Org insisted that I had to deal with the registrar,
AIT.
Makes sense. If you own a domain, in the end, regardless of who you resold it thru, the domain is the registrars res
So I brought up my BroadVoice account to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] box..
First, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is fantastic, it's super easy to get up and
running. Some of the setup was a bit hard, but google got me through it.
Most of the issues I had were with some of the free services I signed up
for.
Broa
Check this URL out!
http://www.aitsucks.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1132147323
They admitted it's their fault, thousands of .org domains went poof.
Thomas
On 11/16/05, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/16/05, Python <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 18:18 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote:
> Check this URL out!
>
> http://www.aitsucks.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1132147323
>
> They admitted it's their fault, thousands of .org domains went poof.
>
> Thomas
That's not how I read that link. It could be that stuff w
Lawrence Tilly wrote:
What about the software side of the discussion. Assuming a basic
backup strategy around either CD-R or DVD-R, what are your favorite
tools for scheduling and handling nightly ( incremental ) backups and
periodic full?
I've seen scripts for doing incremental backups to CD-
On 11/16/05, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to invoke rpmbuild such that %_topdir is specified?
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch-customizing-rpm.html#id3034443
... suggests that ...
rpmbuild --define '_topdir /where/you/want'
... will do what you
On 11/16/05, Python <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only postings now are from labrat reporting the same
> kind of problem and the aitsucks administrator fanning the flames.
What?!? We can't expect fair and balanced reporting from a site
with a name like "aitsucks.com"? I'm shocked! ;-)
S
I was going to wait until I actually started living happily ever after,
but decided I just couldn't wait that long. The root servers are not
yet updated.
After some googling around, I sent the bottom email to the highest level
guys I could determine. (In the interests of full disclosure, some of
> FWIW, I've been using DomainMonger.com for years without complains. :)
>
I see they are pushing 10 year registrations.
The registry gets paid a nominal amount per domain per year. I believe
it is $6. When you sign up for 10 years, does the registrar prepay the
$60 to the registry, or do t
On 11/16/05, Python <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > FWIW, I've been using DomainMonger.com for years without complains. :)
>
> I see they are pushing 10 year registrations.
I think just about everybody pushes long term commitment contracts
whenever they can. No surprise there.
> When you sig
On 11/14/05, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You want an authentication mechanism which does not require
>> central coordination, but allows rejection of compromised keys.
>> How are the auth clients going to determine when a key is
>> compromised, then?
>
> Generate them based on a sequ
On Nov 16, 2005, at 21:01, Python wrote:
I filled out the PDF and sent it back. They promised to get
HowsYOurHealth.Org restored as quickly as possible. Since it is still
not restored, I am not yet feeling too happy. On the other hand, I
believe that the domain should show up pretty soon
It
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