Re: dvd+rw on freebsd 4.10

2005-06-18 Thread atk2
Thank you for the comments. I am now attempting to burn my first dvd and I keep getting this error: bash-2.05b# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cd1a -R /a /b :-( unable to cam_open_pass(/dev/pass4,O_RDWR): No such file or directory -- I am unsure what causes this to happen. There is no /dev/pass4

Re: dvd+rw on freebsd 4.10

2005-06-18 Thread atk2
bleh. I solved it by making hte device with mknod. Sorry for the spam. Alan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dvd+rw on freebsd 4.10

2005-06-09 Thread Danny Howard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do drives like the nec 3520 dvd-r,rw,... work ok under freebsd 4.x (9 or 10) as well as growisofs or do they require the 5.x branch? FWIW, I recently procured a nice Sony DVD+RW off Amazon.com for about $120 or so. Works like a charm in FreeBSD 4.x but you'll want

dvd+rw on freebsd 4.10

2005-06-08 Thread atk2
Do drives like the nec 3520 dvd-r,rw,... work ok under freebsd 4.x (9 or 10) as well as growisofs or do they require the 5.x branch? Last but least does rw media have good (or as good as r only media) longevity on the shelf (aka if the media is used for backups?). It seems that r and rw media