Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:30:47 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: oremanj@www.get-linux.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DVD burner suggestions Message-ID: <3E662637.3040902@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030304001702.80399.qmail@www.get-linux.org> References: <20030304001702.80399.qmail@www.get-linux.org>
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oremanj@www.get-linux.org wrote: > [Sorry - forgot to CC the list...] >>For some backups at work, I'm thinking of getting a DVD burner. I was >>looking at the Sony dru500a, since its compatible with all the various >>dvd media out there. Has anyone had any luck/experience with this drive >>(or any dvd burner)? > > I have the Sony DRU500a drive (internal IDE version). It works well: > $ mkisofs -r -o dvd.iso /some/large/tree/no/bigger/than/4.4g > [snip] > ## You might not need to do the next command more than once > ## per DVD. Substitute dvd-rw for dvd+rw if you're using that. > $ burncd -F -f /dev/acd0 format dvd+rw > $ burncd -f /dev/acd0 dvdrw dvd.iso > You might need to be root for those burncd commands; I'm not sure. > I think there's a cdrecord look-alike called dvdrecord, but I have no > experience with it. I'm not sure what the commands look like if you're > using DVD-R or DVD+R, but I assume something like `burncd -f /dev/acd0 > data dvd.iso fixate' would work. What version of FreeBSD does this work in? Do I need 5.0 or will the latest 4.X work? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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