Re: [Sheflug] Re: Backing up a shed load

[fred <fred.dodd [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try this site location maybe of some use, let me know at
fred.dodd@ntc.ac.uk

http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/jhaeger/webCDwriter/

think it will allow multiple CD writing in volumes

regards


fred dodd

On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 17:27, Michael J. FORD(SCI) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This may give you something to laugh at, the people who I am working with have a spanking Dell box
> with a HD full of proteomics data (60 GB), we need to get the data of the computer for purposes of
> backing up.  There solution, hold onto your hat, Roxio Easy CD Creator....
> 
> I'll give you a minute to get up off the floor.... OK this is the problem, the data has to go on
> CD.  It cannot go anywhere else it "must be on CD".  I have got a Linux box with a burner sitting
> on the network and I think it may be possible to create a program which will take all the data from
> the Dell box and dump it onto the Linux box cd burner, when a disk is full it is ejected and when
> the disk is replaced burning resumes.
> 
> The process iterates untill all the files in the directory have been copied.  I think burning
> across a network may cause some problems, but a buffer folder on the linux box could solve  that
> problem.
> 
> OK, so that is my idea, any suggestions.... "The Data must be on CD".  An acknowledgement on the
> feasibility of this idea would also be appreciated.
> 
> 
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