Burn Data DVD... Read Data in Linux and Windows
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-I installed a new NEC-3500A 16 x DVD burner. -Just loaded Fedora Core 2 (It has the software k3b, growisofs.. etc. installed) -k3b errors out with dvds, but will burn cd's fine. -I am using 8x memorex dvd-r 4.7GB media I turned to growisofs from the command line, and did a: growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom -r /{some directory with tars in it} That command burns to dvd, but the tars appear to be corrupt in linux. They read fine in windows. I cannot use the -speed={speed of 1-8} ... growisofs says cannot change speed. I have also tried adding -J in the line right after the -r, but growisofs doesn't like it. k3b has problems, burning files over 4.4GB. k3b also errors out because its trying to change the drive speed... and like I said growisofs didn't like that. Also, i have been burning tars because burning untarred files and directories changes the capitalization and name length. I am trying to use the burner to backup data files that rest on an ext3 drive. I know I have alot here... any help would be greatly appreciated. |
Have you tried using mkisofs directly to make an ISO image on your harddrive? growisofs has caused problems for me any time I didn't do this. Also, if you use mkisofs at least once, you can mount the image via loopback to make sure it's readable under linux - that way if it doesn't work, you can fiddle with the mkisofs parameters until it does, and then try giving those to growisofs directly.
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loopback...
CroMagnonagnon,
Thanks for the reply.... I have not tried mkisofs by itself. So to be sure I get this right... I would use mkisofs to make an image file on my hd... and then use growisofs to burn the image? What is loopback? I have never mounted an image file before would it go like this?: mkdir /mnt/tempimage mount ./image.iso /mnt/tempimage Makeing an image file first will deffinatly sve me some dvd coasters!! Do you have any clue how to get the speed option to work? thank you! |
Yep, sounds like you've got it, except for a small detail on the mount command. Here's an example of the whole shebang:
mkisofs -o large.iso directory_with_tars mkdir /mnt/tempimage mount -o loop large.iso /mnt/tempimage [check /mnt/tempimage files) growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=large.iso I'm not sure about changing the speed, but when the ISO image is fine, I have not burnt a single coaster with this method (even though the write speed was all over the place when the machine was busy...) Good luck! |
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