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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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