Have you tried growisofs? On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 16:27 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 26 July 2006 15:56, Ed Kim wrote: > > > > try these commands > > > > mkisofs -o /Backup/mybackup.iso -R -J -l -v /path/to/data/directory/ > > > That worked perfectly. > > > cdrecord -v -sao dev=cdrom -data /Backup/mybackup.iso > > > This still chokes: > > ...... > cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd. > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE > Supported modes: PACKET SAO > Drive buf size : 1563904 = 1527 KB > FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB > Track 01: data 1714 MB > Total size: 1968 MB (195:02.81) = 877711 sectors > Lout start: 1969 MB (195:04/61) = 877711 sectors > Current Secsize: 2048 > ATIP start of lead in: -150 (00:00/00) > Disk type: unknown dye (reserved id code) > Manuf. index: -1 > Manufacturer: unknown (not in table) > Blocks total: 15872 Blocks current: 15872 Blocks remaining: -861839 > cdrecord: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk. > cdrecord: Notice: Most recorders cannot write CD's >= 90 minutes. > cdrecord: Notice: Use -ignsize option to allow >= 90 minutes. > cdrecord: Notice: Use -overburn option to write more than the official disk > capacity. > cdrecord: Notice: Most CD-writers do overburning only on SAO or RAW mode. > ****** > > From the man page: > > -ignsize > Ignore the known size of the medium. This option should be used > with extreme care, it exists only for debugging purposes don’t > use it for other reasons. It is not needed to write disks with > more than the nominal capacity. This option implies -overburn. > > so it doesn't sound as though that would be the solution. > > In order to rule out some of the possible causes I did try to write a > straightforward data dvd backup in k3b - something I do regularly on this > workstation. Both boxes have the same version of cdrecord. On the box that > I'm trying to backup I cannot get a dvd backup. On this one there is no > problem. On the problematic one I keep seeing references to pread642(2) > > Anne > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
