Re: Re: cdrecord

to test the drive,

mkisofs -o test-backup.iso -R -J -v dir_to_backup

this will create an iso image of a directory you wish to backup, then,

growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=1 -Z /dev/hdc=test-backup.iso

see how that goes..

Brett

Jim wrote:

> Thanks Brett. Seems that the /dev/dvd was the problem. I was suggested 
> to test by using /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/dvd, the error had gone, 
> but the machine crashed and freezed, I have to reboot it.
>
> The dmesg indicates following information:
>
> hdc: LITE-OSCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 DVDRW SOHW-1673S, 
> ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
>   Vendor: LITE-ON   Model: DVDRW SOHW-1673S  Rev: JS05
>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> I made "ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd", but how can I test /dev/hdc to make 
> sure it is really work?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim
>
> Brett Ellis wrote:
>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Brett. I've got it. I tried to run growisofs, what I did 
>>> wrong with
>>> the argument?
>>>
>>> ./growisofs -speed=1 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=test.img
>>> :-( unable to INQUIRY: Invalid argument
>>>  
>>>
>> Mmm, are you in the same directory as test.img? Do you have 
>> permission to use the dvd drive? Is growisofs fussy about the order 
>> of arguments?, try swapping the speed and compat around.
>>
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