On Saturday 20 November 2004 05:54, Calvin Dodge wrote: > > But someday I'd really like to make Linux-compatible DVDs, > too. This works for me: growisofs -use-the-force-luke \ -Z /dev/scd0 -q -r \ -m packages -m evolution -m backups \ /home/summer If I have dvd-rw media I do this first: dvd+rw-format -blank /dev/scd0 For reference here's a script I run 8:00 ean morning at work: ummer@Echidna:~$ cat bin/mk.dvd #!/bin/bash dvd+rw-format -blank /dev/scd0 growisofs -use-the-force-luke \ -Z /dev/scd0 -q -r \ -m packages -m evolution -m backups \ /home/summer -m is primarily to prune big bits that otherwise might not fit. I swap disks when I want to bring stuff home. -- Cheers John