Embed Original Option for DNG Conversion

I have switched over my digital workflow now to DNG. I would love to see Adobe add an option to embed the original RAW file to it's DNG conversion in Lightroom. I was hoping that someone from Adobe would read this and take this suggestion into consideration...if not in v1.1, maybe in a future version. Thank You!

Ok, I am a novice here, but I am wondering:
What is the advantage to embed the original RAW into a DNG?
I believe I understand the value of the DNG: that it provides a single format for RAW data that simplifies the job software needs to do to render the RAW data, rather than needing to translate a zillion file formats. Also it removes the need for sidecar XMP files. OK, that sounds like good things.
So, assuming one already has a good backup of the RAW stowed away somewhere, and also assuming that the RAW-to-DNG converter is competant to do what it is supposed to, Why would one want the RAW embedded in the DNG?
One other question: would embedding the RAW file double the size of the DNG?
Thanks

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Maybe I've misunderstood the question or else I'm missing something here.
I have Adobe's standalone DNG converter on my Desktop which I used to use previously, and yes, there is an option of embedding the original RAW file which I chose to use. At the end of the day this process produced on file - the dng - and buried within it was the original RAW.
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No, I have tried purging/refreshing before and it doesn't help, because the un-converted CR2 files are just skipped over and put in the same destination folder as the successfully converted CR2 files (to DNG). I thought it might be a memory issue, but I never have any other applications open. As a test, I purposely opened some other applications to see if MORE CR2 files would be skipped, but the amount of files skipped was still random.
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http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
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http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/articles/dng/specification.htm#x3f
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Now the latest version of Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 supports all Sigma
cameras (DP1, DP1s, DP2, SD9, SD10, SD14).
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
actually ACR was supporting them long before 6.1 - they just forgot to mention all models @ that web page...
I'd like to
know if ALL raw data is extracted from the X3F raw file for the
conversion to DNG.
Adobe DNG converter is known not to store all the raw data read off the sensor for some cameras during the conversion
for example : http://forums.adobe.com/message/1210138#1210138
says Gabor Shorr (author of Rawnalyze) : "...Anyway, back to the "lost data": the DNG converter cuts off the masked pixels from the K10 and K200 raw data (the Starist and the K100 do not record masked pixels; I don't know the others). These pixels are at the edge of the recorded image area, in these cases at the right and bottom edge. That's how the data looks if these strips are not cut off:
http://www.panopeeper.com/Demo/MaskedPixels_PentaxK10_ISO100_a.GIF ;
and up-close, with extreme contrast:
http://www.panopeeper.com/Demo/MaskedPixels_PentaxK10_ISO100_b.GIF ; ..."
The same was confirmed for example for Pentax K20D and some Nikon cameras too...
so you can never be sure what Adobe DNG converter does and does not
you might ask if that data is important... well sometimes it is - http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=34272518
"...they aren't completely useless as one can do several different things with them, as follows:
1) Use them to measure and back out Wide Band Vertical Patterns in the K10D and K20D.
2) Use them to tweak out the magenta to green tingeing from left to right that the K10D has at high ISO's or for highly boosted as to exposure and contrast images.
3) Use them to eliminate the border tingeing of the K20D that occurs in the same cases as the tingeing of the K10D above as is done using my Raw Border Correction (RBC) utility for the K20D.
4) Use them to measure and eliminate from the raw data the "Thin Green Line" problem of the K-7 for some camera samples when the sensor got warm had it not been fixed with a firmware update from Pentax.
5) Possibly use them to determine a different method of black level compensation for the K-x if necessary if conventional raw conversion methods produce any Horizontal Pattern Noise (HPN).
Not entirely useless
Regards, GordonBGood..."
but Big Brother (that 'd be mr Knoll no less) thinks on your behalf what is useful and what is not...
so read below
So is it safe to store only the DNG file for the
archive or should the original X3F raw data be embedded also in the
converted DNG file?
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1210133#1210133
says Eric Chan of ACR team : "...for archival purposes I recommend (and practice) safely storing the original raw files in the form that they came off the camera, whether they be DNG or non-DNG..."

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1. what is the file size for large and medium?
Medium is screen sized, the other option is full sized, not large.
2. What is the impact of NOT creating a preview? When I've tested NOT creating a file I can still open the file in my lightroom grid and loupe view. I can also view it in Windows vista Preview when right clicking on the image file on my hard drive.
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3. Where do these "Previews" come into play?
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4. Also, I have noticed that if I convert a JPEG file to DNG the file size is about 4x larger. Should I reserve DNG for only my raw files such as my .mrw and .cr2? Has anyone else observed an increase in file size after DNG conversion?
You should. The JPEG doesn't get converted to a Raw, it's just convenient to have all DNG. The increase happens because Lightroom removes the JPG compression AFAIK.
5. What is the deal with DNG anyway? I havn't seen the big manufactures like Canon with the new EOS-1D Mark IV and Nikon's new D3s,include the DNG as a file format selection on their cameras. What do they know that I don't, about DNG?
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