Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:07:53 +0900 From: Hidetoshi Shimokawa <simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, rb@gid.co.uk, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cd writer recommendation? Message-ID: <14266.55897.674406.98255P@ett.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: In your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:40:59 -0700 (PDT)" <199908181540.IAA47644@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199908180010.RAA92534@rah.star-gate.com> <199908180047.RAA40957@apollo.backplane.com> <14266.40954.10126.5835K@ett.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <199908181540.IAA47644@apollo.backplane.com>
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At Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:40:59 -0700 (PDT), Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote: > > :For backup, I bought DVD-RAM drive for $400. > :5.2GB(double side) media is around $35, you can use them as 2.3GB x 2 > :disks. > : > :Enabling raw-write in scsi_cd.c, you can newfs/mount DVD-RAM as UFS. > :Write speed is around 500KB/s, and read speed is around 1.4MB/s. > : > :-- > :/\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa > > Isn't that the drive with the enclosed DVD disk -- kinda like a permanent > caddy? I've avoided the DVD-RAM drives because of that and because the Type I(double side) is with a permanent caddy, but TypeII(single side) can be pulled out from the enclosure and supposed to be read by DVD-ROM drives. > standard is still going through major changes. I expect those drives > to become obsolete very quickly once the technology settles down. But in > a year or two when the DVD-writers come down in price I'll probably > start using them. Right. Another standard is already proposed, but as for backup device, it's not so much problem. > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dillon@backplane.com> -- /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa \/ simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP public key: finger -l simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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