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RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Mashita DVD-RAM LF-D310
From: |
Lachlan Cranswick |
Subject: |
RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Mashita DVD-RAM LF-D310 |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:04:11 +0100 |
>Alan,
>
>You may be interested in the following link. I have not tried it yet.
>The following link talks about using dd to burn the iso image to the dvd
>drive intead of dvdrecord.
>
>http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/linux-server/iso_images_to_dvdram/
>
>Jim Riggs
>Sr. Systems Analyst - Linux
>WW Solutions Enablement
>IBM IntelliStation
>address@hidden
>(919) 254-2403
Hi,
Sorry for only responding now - as "work work" has been causing me to delete
many mailing list messages unread. (I wrote the above - rather rambling -
webpage)
The "dd" method for burning ISO images to DVDRAM (thanks to Seth Kurtzberg
for pointing this out to me) works well when I have tried it - e.g.,
dd if=/tmp/isos/1.iso of=/dev/scd0
But be wary that for the DVDRAM to be bootable (if this is
relevant to you) - there may be a size limit for the ISO
image (i.e., possibly less than 1 Gig for it to be bootable).
I have not had time yes to properly investigate this - hopefully
in late August after attending a conference.
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In the context of making disaster recovery DVD disks:
One possible strategy of using the free Mondorescue for bootable disaster
recovery
and interactive restore disks - would be to use a small DVDRAM disk for the
first disk with only 900 Meg - then use the large DVDRAM disks for the
following
archives disks (if this makes sense). e.g., using the -s option (e.g, -s
990,4500)
Also, be wary to specify the right /dev output device in the dd command -
otherwise you will create a very large file in your /dev directory.
(the first time you make this mistake - it looks like the dd command
does not work - until you try to figure out why the / partition
has grown very large)
Lachlan.
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Lachlan M. D. Cranswick
Collaborative Computational Project No 14 (CCP14)
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