Date: 11 Mar 2004 20:52:38 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: lee@slaughters.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: burncd args Message-ID: <44brn2de6x.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <405112A8.8080401@slaughters.com> References: <4050F072.1050707@slaughters.com> <200403120059.15053.danny@ricin.com> <405112A8.8080401@slaughters.com>
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lee slaughter <lee@slaughters.com> writes: > Danny Pansters wrote: > > >On Friday 12 March 2004 00:04, lee slaughter wrote: > > > >>hi..... > >>i make a tar.gz backup file. > >>is burncd -f /dev/acd1 data <filename> fixate > >>the right syntax? is "data" the correct type? i cannot tell > >>from burncd manpage. > >> > > > > What you called <filename> should be the ISO (top of my head, I > > think the only exception is if you're creating an audio CD with only > > WAV/AIFF files that go into tracks). So use mkisofs first, then > > burncd. > > > hmmm. so you can only burn an ISO image onto a CD. not anything > else? like UFS or any other format? No, you can burn any format you want. You have to remember what it is to mount it again, though; most people will assume it's an ISO 9660 if it's on a CD. It can be useful to burn a raw tar or dump file to a CD, for example.
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