> > essentially > > treating it as a hard drive. > > This is what Andy's kernel patch is good for.
Let's not get overexcited here. Recall and keep in mind that the original question was about Pioneer DVR-x05, DVD-dash unit. DVD+RW kernel patch is useless with it. However! Recall how "Packet writing on NEC1300" thread has ended! *That* might do the trick for DVR-x05, if not, a trivial modification should suffice. Except that unlike DVD+RW, DVD-RW media will *have to* be *fully* formatted (read 1 hour procedure) for Restricted Overwrite prior usage. > Your best bet for backing up new files is to use iso9660 and growing > that by adding new files to it. Forget about tar. I personally recommend ISO9660 as well (for incremental backups see Patrick Ohly's patch). But I consider tar-formatted DVD as a viable option too, as it does offer certain advantages. So that I'd re-phrase the statement as "forget about multi-session tar or tar-per-session." If one ought to tar-format the DVD media and incrementally add files to it, I'd have to recommend to stick to re-writable, *a* kernel patch and 'tar uf /dev/dvd' or even better 'tar uf /dev/raw/rawN'. > If an iso9660 is grown with growisofs, does isoinfo -d report the new > size correctly? "If an ISO9660 is grown with growisofs" on which media? If on re-writable such as DVD+RW and DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, then the answer is "yes." If write-once, then the answer is "as long as it previously did." A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
