From: Vijay Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to copy a .tar and .bz2 file on the Sony DVD writer > Please can anyone tell me the command to write a .tar/bz2 file on the DVD ? > Here is whatI have tried : > dvdrecord -v -data -dao -multi dev=0,0,0 /home/use1/test.tar
That won't work because the CDRecord family (including DVDRecord) only understand certain ISO9660 track formats -- Red Book (audio), Yellow Book (data, aka "ISO [data] file"), etc... Some versions support UDF filesystems, among others. Now there _are_ some ways to write "raw" bits to CD/DVD devices. But it's not recommend you do this because you can run into all sorts of issues (e.g., endian/byte order differences between systems, etc...). ISO9660 is a standard that nearly all systems adhere too. > Do I need to create a .iso file so that the same can be used as an input > for the dvdrecord command ? Yes, you need to pre-master a file that the CDRecord family can understand and record. > I have searched through google and everywhere I have found all example > with the mkiofs command to create a .iso file. Mkisofs is the most common program for pre-mastering a file. The mkisofs+cdrecord family of tools are assuming you want to pre-master a file, and linearly record that file to a CD/DVD. If you have a re-writable media -- e.g., CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, you typically don't want (let alone don't need) to use this approach. You should be able to rewrite the file directly to a pre-formatted, rewritable optical media using the direct device under Linux just like it was a ROM, only writable as well. The way you do this varies based on program/access. Growisofs is popular if you want to make an ISO9660 Yellow Book track CD/DVD, which is the most compatible filesystem for CD/DVD. UDF is another, popular format that is a superset of ISO9660, and comes as the standard format for DVD-RAM discs, but is not as proliferated as ISO9660 (i.e., many older Windows versions do not even include read-only drivers, and most require 3rd party software to re-write UDF). -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Dvdrtools-users mailing list Dvdrtools-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dvdrtools-users