[ale] Anyone here who is good with kernel programming?

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 02/12/2010 08:26 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> use tar to create multiple .tar.bz2 files sized to fit in an iso format.
> pipe the tar output through ssh to the CD burner. use a local process to
> convert to iso image and burn on the fly using userspace tools.
>
> The issue will always be balancing network speed to burn speed. It would
> be best to have a way to make sure the file is received before the burn
> begins to avoid making a pile of coasters.

There won't be a network in the way, thankfully.  The burn is done and 
then the discs will leave the building 50% of the time to be taken to a 
second location.  This will be a monthly backup, and the guy likes to 
see it done so it will always be done there.

That said, I think that the BSD behavior is insanely useful.  I'm 
_quite_ sure that there are more applications of batch-output to a 
write-once medium than I can come up with, considering that backups are 
the only one I can think of at the moment.

	--- Mike

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