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From: Mike Jones on 5 Nov 2009 11:33 Responding to jellybean stonerfish: >> Why do you keep trying to mount it? >> >> It's been said before:_Don't_ mount it. Use ddrescue. > > He says he hasn't tried ddrescue yet. Why, I don't know. Trying to exhaust all other options before installing something. That, and the disk doesn't seem to even want to be recognised. It does seem to be a physical problem, happening at the reader itself, before any software can get a grip on it, though ddrescue might indeed do the trick. -- *===( http://www.400monkeys.com/God/ *===( http://principiadiscordia.com/ *===( http://www.slackware.com/
From: Rikishi42 on 6 Nov 2009 22:40 On 2009-11-06, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >> That's not experience shows. DVD's are much less reliable over time than >> CD-ROM's. And CD-ROm's burned in a DVD burner are of less quality that >> if they are in a CD burner. It helps somewhat to slow the burning, but >> stil... > I've been getting that idea from my experiences so far. > > Looks like I've got another lump of hardware to buy then. Well, it seems that BlueRay would be more reliable. Something to do with a thicker, or more sturdy, layer. And also an extra layer on the label side. I'm holding it off until prices drop dramatically, and actual experiences start showing up on Usenet. -- Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
From: Mike Jones on 7 Nov 2009 05:34
Responding to Rikishi42: > On 2009-11-06, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >>> That's not experience shows. DVD's are much less reliable over time >>> than CD-ROM's. And CD-ROm's burned in a DVD burner are of less quality >>> that if they are in a CD burner. It helps somewhat to slow the >>> burning, but stil... > >> I've been getting that idea from my experiences so far. >> >> Looks like I've got another lump of hardware to buy then. > > Well, it seems that BlueRay would be more reliable. Something to do with > a thicker, or more sturdy, layer. And also an extra layer on the label > side. > > I'm holding it off until prices drop dramatically, and actual > experiences start showing up on Usenet. I'll be avoiding it like the plague. Remember VHS? Do we /really/ want to hand defining standards over to Sony again? -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs. |