> just use your cd-rw scripts, but make dvd-sized ISOs and then use > growisofs to burn the ISOs to dvd media: > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso This is what I had tried earlier with a 3GB tar file and growisofs said it wrote 3GB and most of the disc was written but when I read the dvd back it was only a 13MB file! I was using a DVD+RW for testing but from what I have read since they seem to be different format that DVD+R so I'll try again with that media instead. -- Regards, +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Peter Kiem .^. | E-Mail : <zordah@xxxxxxxxxx> | | Zordah IT /V\ | Mobile : +61 0414 724 766 | | IT Consultancy & /( )\ | WWW : www.zordah.net | | Internet Services ^^-^^ | ICQ : "Zordah" 866661 | +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ My current spamtrap address is est1203@xxxxxxxxxx