backing up to a cd-r disk - how to test it?

[Derek Atkins]

Bill Suit <bsuit at bellsouth.net> writes:

> I've just succeeded in making my first gnucash data back-up cd-r. How
> can I safely test it to determing that it actually works. I tried
> opening a new file in gnucash and it could not get a lock, as of course
> I already had opened gnucash. Suggestions welcomed. TIA, Bill ps - do I
> need md5's here also?

It cannot get the lock because the CD-R is ReadOnly.  Just click "open
anyways" and it should open up the data file.  Be warned that trying
to save the file will result in gnucash crashing (see
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117657 for more information)

-derek

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