Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:34:50 +0100 (BST) From: Scot Elliott <scot@planet-three.com> To: Andrew Bromage <bromage@queens.unimelb.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD writers as a backup medium Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808011131001.6269-100000@tweetie.online.barbour-index.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19980801180401.24027@queens.unimelb.edu.au>
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Hi. I use a Plasmon CDR-480 (which is just a Panasonic CW-7502. It's supported by the cdrecord port. cdrecord automatically sets its priotity quite high, but I personally run it and the mkisofs process with real time priority (see rtprio). I believe this is what /usr/share/examples/worm/... use with the worm devices. My machine isn't overloaded, so I can't say what happens during high usage, but I've never had an overrun yet - and I always do mkisofs-cdrecord piping rather than creating an ISO image first. If you want any more help let me know. Scot. On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Andrew Bromage wrote: > G'day all. > > Just wondered if anyone had thoughts on using a CD writer with > FreeBSD-stable as a backup medium. Does the lack of hard real-timeness > matter? Like, if some other process starts thrashing, will my CD be > ruined? Is the support for some writers better than others? Should I > just stick with tape? > > Sharing of experiences would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > Andrew Bromage > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott (scot@poptart.org, scot@cx) | Work: +44 (0)171 7046777 PGP fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D | Home: +44 (0)181 8961019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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