On Thursday 24 June 2004 03:36, Christoph Scheeder wrote: >Hi, >i'm using a dvd+-rw device for archiving my vdr-recordings. >you don't need to by cdrecord-DVDpro, there is a tool called >growisofs out there. >It handles dvd+ and dvd- correct, it is free, and AFAIK >it handles the various versions of buffer-underrunprotection >automagically. >Christoph
That I've got, version 5.19-1. It doesn't display the buffer status while k3b is burning with though, which is what made me a bit nervous. However, so far, mounting the burnt disk seems to show each of the files from a given /dumps/$DATE directory just fine. I need to figure out howto turn on the verify for it though. >Gene Heskett schrieb: >> On Wednesday 23 June 2004 14:30, Frank Smith wrote: >>>--On Wednesday, June 23, 2004 13:56:27 -0400 Gene Heskett >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>Greetings all; >>>> >>>>I'm back from a week out in Nebraska, getting a son married off. >>>>I hope that you didn't get too many bounces as my mailbox was >>>> full when I got X running again, which had died due to my >>>> changing the default prompt in bash, which in turn screwed up >>>> the X startup, it would get to the mouse intialization, report >>>> success in the log, but hang at that point with no further disk >>>> activity. >>>> >>>>Anyway, on arrival here, it appears my 2nd tape drive in as many >>>>months is in the process of dying. >>>> >>>>I recently bought a DVD+-RW, drive and a 25 pack of +- media. >>>> >>>>While its burnt several cdr's just fine, the media I have appear >>>>to not be compatible with cdrecord unless I buy the >>>>cdrecord-DVDPro version from Jeorg. I probably can, the $ is not >>>>a huge problem. >>>> >>>>What I'd like from this group is some pointers on setting up the >>>>use of this dvd drive as a 4.7GB tape equivalent. I'd be glad to >>>>be somebodies "guinea pig" :-) >>> >>>Be sure to verify what you burn. My experience in burning data >>> DVDs is limited to a set of 26 DVDs I made to move 120+GB of data >>> between locations (a high latency high bandwith data transfer). >>> Of the 26 discs, 22 were read just fine, the other 4 had read >>> errors on parts of the discs. If I skipped over the file(s) >>> involved I could read the remainder of the disc, but each one of >>> those bad discs had 10s of MBs of unrecoverable data, >>> Fortunately I was able to rsync from the original server to >>> complete the data transfer, but that wouldn't have been possible >>> if I had needed to do a recover from those DVDs. I don't know if >>> it was bad media or a buffer underrun while burning, but the >>> original burns completed without any indication of problems >>> (xcdroast with cdrecord). YMMV, but I would be sure to do >>> extensive testing before relying on it for backups. With video, >>> minor data loss just results in barely noticable dropped frames >>> or nois, but with data it can be catastophic. I would suggest >>> running amverify on every run, at least until you build some >>> confidence in your burning. >>> >>>My $.02, >>>Frank >> >> Thanks Frank. I've now made 2 dvd's from unwritten dirs in the >> /dumps assign, using a recent k3b (11-11), but I've not figured >> out how to turn on the burnproof yet, and the burn screen isn't >> showing me buffer status, like there isn't any, and the drive >> claims to have a 2Mb buffer. >> >>>>-- >>>>Cheers, Gene >>>>There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, >>>> ballot, jury, and ammo. >>>> Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author >>>>Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright >>>> 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, >>>>all rights >>>>reserved. -- Cheers, Gene There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.
