Sorry, I forgot to include the output of growisofs and dvd+rw-mediainfo. I've since tried both with and without the -dvd-compat switch. But here's what I try:
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hda -R -J my_file.tgz here's a snippet from the growisofs output: 98.71% done, estimate finish Fri Apr 30 13:31:10 2004 99.19% done, estimate finish Fri Apr 30 13:31:10 2004 99.67% done, estimate finish Fri Apr 30 13:31:10 2004 Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 261 Total directory bytes: 0 Path table size(bytes): 10 Max brk space used 21000 1033378 extents written (2018 MB) builtin_dd: 1033392*2KB out @ average 1.5x1385KBps /dev/hda: flushing cache And here is the output from dvd+rw-mediainfo: dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hda INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRAM GSA-4081B][A100] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential Media ID: AN31 Current Write Speed: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s Write Speed #0: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 2.0x1385=2770KB/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> 2298495] Speed Descriptor#0: 02/2298495 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: appendable Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: incomplete "Next" Track: 1 Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: incomplete incremental Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 1033408*2KB Free Blocks: 1264480*2KB Track Size: 2297888*2KB Last Recorded Address: 1033391*2KB Thanks folks - I'll wait on making more coasters until I get a reply ;-P James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
