Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 02:17:16 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1014939189.26242a@mired.org>, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backups to DVD-R Message-ID: <20020224021715.A94487@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <20020224001647.GA23083@hollin.btc.adaptec.com>; from scott_long@btc.adaptec.com on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 05:16:47PM -0700 References: <20020211180354.A20800@zeebar.com> <20020211234259.G24535@blossom.cjclark.org> <f04330139b89dd43d86dd@[192.168.1.21]> <15480.9909.282805.339521@guru.mired.org> <20020224001647.GA23083@hollin.btc.adaptec.com>
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 05:16:47PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 05:33:09PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> types: > > > > > I have been digging around and haven't found any specific > > > information on whether or not its possible yet to do backups to a > > > DVD-R and what would be required. My systems are running 4.3 and > > > do not have firewire interfaces. > > > > Did you try digging for info about backups to CD-R? It's been > > covered a number of times on -questions. I think that a lot of that > > will apply, except that you've got bigger devices to back up to. > > To be more precise, you may burn an iso9660 filesystem to a DVD-R, > just like a CD-R. Look at mkisofs in ports for more info. In the > future you will be able to put a UDF filesystem on both DVD-R and > CD-RW, allowing you to treat it just like a huge floppy. That is a > few months off, though. Could you be a bit more specific, I have a acd1: CD-RW <Hewlett-Packard DVD Writer 100> at ata1-slave using PIO4 Which works fine a a CD-R writer, but I have so far been unable to write any DVD-R's. /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: FreeBSD committer @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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