October 2019 - luv-talk

Re: [luv-talk] best external cd rom
by Rohan McLeod 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Petr Baum via luv-main wrote: > Hi, > > I have got a big box of about 25 years old CD ROM disks with scanned B/W > 70-100 years old photo negatives. I was using copies from HDD for many years > but failure of my server resulted in loss of significant part of files. I plan > to make another set of copies from original CDs. > > Some of these CDs had reading problems when new and it is unlikely that > readability improved over time. I may use Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier and/or > Ddrescue but as a first step I would like to get the best external CD ROM > drive available for linux. Petr; It seems to me this is about digital archiving rather than a specifically linux issie so I am; also replying on luv-talk. 1/- There seems to be some spread of opinion on the subject of archival read life of material recorded on CD/DVD's ; Issues to do with the orignal recording medium, storage environment and even, how to define "archival read life" see https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cds-truth-cddvd-longevity-mold-rot/ https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4/ via google search string "read life of cd/dvd" 2/ Perhaps you can draw some conclusions from your own experience, by simply assembling statistics on the the readability of you CD's and the current quality of the phptographs ! 3/ When I was investigating this issue I came to the conclusion that "M-Disk"s were the best current solution; this involves (a) buying an M-disk capable DVD R/W (most Blue-Ray drives) (b) a supply of M-Disks (25- 100)GB regards Rohan McLeod

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Re: [luv-talk] best external cd rom
by Rohan McLeod 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Petr Baum wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:53:25 AM Rohan McLeod wrote: >> Petr Baum via luv-main wrote: > Rohan, > > ... >>> I have got a big box of about 25 years old CD ROM disks with scanned B/W >>> 70-100 years old photo negatives. I was using copies from HDD for many >>> years but failure of my server resulted in loss of significant part of >>> files. I plan to make another set of copies from original CDs. > ... > >> 3/ When I was investigating this issue I came to the conclusion that >> "M-Disk"s were the best current solution; >> this involves (a) buying an M-disk capable DVD R/W (most Blue-Ray >> drives) (b) a supply of M-Disks (25- 100)GB > ... > > That looks like an excellent suggestion! But... > > I tried to check Verbatim, who seems to be closest to the original developer > Millenniata. They offer "External Slimline CD/DVD Writer" with notice > "Software compatible with Windows operating systems only". That may mean > included Nero burning SW only, but even that may be a show stopper - in > discussion on another site somebody complained that his attempt to use M-Disk > failed (on Win...) and it was suggested that he should use Nero. As Nero is > included with Verbatim drive it may indicate that not all burning SW would be > compatible. > > It would be nice if there would be some experience with using linux for > burning of M-Disk. > > And I still have to find the best way how to recover data from my old and > suspicious CDs... (M-Disk writer may be good enough for that too.) Oops sorry Petr; 1/ is the need for an "external" (typically USB) CD/DVD drive because it needs to connect to a laptop ?; mine is an LG m/n HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH116NS48 internal SATA drive in a desktop; I had a look to see where I bought it.....no luck, may have been MSY ! 2/ There is a quick explanation of why M-Disks and Blu-Ray disks will last longer here: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2933478/m-disc-optical-media-reviewed-your-… 3/ Never had a problem with Windblows read-access XP-64bit, 7-64bit, 10-64bit; usually use BurnAware for burning; hadn't realised there was a driver issue with Linux. Just now booted PureOS 8.0_gnome-live-20190210_amd64-hybrid iso off that drive and after it had made a few guesses about drivers it finally booted...... -the GUI drive-utility correctly identified the M-disk drive as : CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive: "HL-DT-ST BD-RE_WH116N48" -the GUI files-utility correctly recognised a previously burnt M-Dsk as 23GB (of a 25GB disk) regards Rohan Mcleod

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Fwd: Intel's Management Technology is indeed vulnerable
by Douglas Ray 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Firmware remote vulnerability in Intel business products -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Intel's Management Technology is indeed vulnerable Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 19:49:54 +0200 (CEST) From: I love OpenBSD <lampshade(a)poczta.fm> To: misc(a)openbsd.org INTEL-SA-00075 There is an escalation of privilege vulnerability in Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel® Standard Manageability (ISM), and Intel® Small Business Technology versions firmware versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x 9.x, 10.x, 11.0, 11.5, and 11.6 that can allow an unprivileged attacker to gain control of the manageability features provided by these products. Can I preview a bitlink before clicking on it? https://support.bitly.com/hc/en-us/articles/230650447-Can-I-preview-a-bitli… Arstechnica: http://bit.ly/2qyHCQn Semiaccurate: http://bit.ly/2pB2MjO Intel's PDF: http://intel.ly/2qAK4G0

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by Rodney Brown 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

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