From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 27 5:59:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C703E37B405 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 05:59:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from 66-44-54-130.s130.tnt1.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.54.130] helo=sten.alder.net) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.32 #2) id 15bLzR-0006jy-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:59:41 -0400 Received: by sten.alder.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:59:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:59:32 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" To: FreeBSD Subject: Using dvd-ram for backup Message-ID: <20010827085932.A211@starpower.net> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Has anyone used dvd-ram for backup? I've been searching the FreeBSD site and my books for several days, and I haven't been able to come up with the magic combination of keystrokes that will persuade FreeBSD to write to a dvd-ram device. My system is 4.3 release. I've tried using newfs to create a Unix file system on the disk: # newfs -v /dev/rcd0c but I get an error message that it can't write the disk label. I've tried using disklabel and received the save message. I've tried # dump -f /dev/rcd0c /usr but it tells me that I need 12 volumes. My entire file system takes up less than half of one side of a dvd disk. I've also tried using tar, but it just fills the /cd0 file to maximum capacity, and I have to MAKEDEV to shrink it so that I can use the computer. (/: file system full) Thanks in advance for any suggestions Bob Hall -- Know thyself? Absurd direction! Bubbles bear no introspection. -Khushhal Khan Khatak To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message