Use mini CDR for equipment info?

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 11, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Some bits of equpment that I have get hauled out only rarely and I
> often waste a lot of time identifying them then trying to remember
> where the heck I put the paper that describes their operation--and
> then locating the disk with the related driver information.
>
> I've been considering archiving the information on mini (200MB) CD-R
> and taping said CD-R somewhere nside the equipment.    Mini, mostly
> because their physical size is convenient and I rarely have more than
> 200MB of information on any peripheral.
>
> Does anyone else do something like this?  I have little experience
> with mini CDR--are they reliable?

   I can't speak to the reliability of mini CDRs, but I can say that  
it seems like a whole lot less trouble to have a directory structure  
on a file server that's navigable by manufacturer and model number.   
I maintain about 26GB of documentation that way.  I don't keep  
drivers or control software in there, but I could.  Doing it the CDR  
way seems to me like it'd be more trouble than it's worth.

   Just a thought, no offense intended of course.

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL