Giurgiu Sergiu wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 11:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is my first attempt at backing data on DVDs. Currently I have a
> > program that backs up some data on a external firewire HDD. I dont
> > format HDD but I use it in raw mode. When I get a HDD all I do is create
> > a primary partition. So all my code does is:
> >
> > 1) open the device (/dev/sd?1)
> > 2) make simple write and lseek calls
> >
> > Now I plan to use DVDs for the same purpose (R only). Can I simply write
> > raw data to a DVD and read it back as I do now. If not what else will be
> > involved here? I have a feeling it might not be as simple as it is with
> > the HDD.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated
> >
> > -Pranay
> >
> Well, i don't have any experience with burning DVD's (i didn't manage to get a DVD
>burner yet), but from what i've heard burnign DVD's is like burning CD's . cdrecord
>and mkisofs do a great job.
> Give it a try.
cdrecord won't work. There is a cloned version of cdrecord, called
dvdrecord, that works properly for dvd R/RW drives.
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