On Wednesday 28 June 2006 17:05, Chong Yu Meng wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 10:16 -0400, Doug Stewart wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mitja Mihelic wrote: > > > here's what I use to burn backups on DVDs: > > > growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom -R -J /path/to/folder > > > or > > > growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom=image.iso > > > when burning a folder I use -R for Rock-Ridge and -J for Joliet > > > extensions (no need for mkisofs here :) > > > when burning an ISO image, I presume it has already been created with > > > Rock-Ridge and Joliet. > > > > The -J is the critical flag. Please make sure you use that when creating > > your ISO. > > Hi all, > > After some checking just now, I think I found the problem: my DVD drive > now sees recordable DVD disks as invalid media. I'm going to run a > simple test a little later tonight to see if it is indeed a hardware > problem on the DVD drive. The DVD drive worked well for me before -- > over 1 year ago. I had not used it for many months. I appreciate your problem, and I'm sorry I can't help with it. I hope that the "simple test" doesn't involve a large hammer, and the DVD drive. Nigel.
