Hi all,
I need help with the command for burning DVDs on Fedora Core. After struggling for a while, I now have 3 lovely coasters and I am down to my last 3 DVD discs, so I am hoping to get this right within 3 tries.
First, a little background: I'm trying to transfer the data contents (not movies or music) of 2 directories, containing rsync'ed extras and updates for FC5 to DVD so I can bring it to Hong Kong to prepare a server there.
Here's what I did:
1. First, I made an ISO file: $ mkisofs -v -l -r -max-iso9660-filenames -no-bak -o updates.iso /tmp/x86_64
2. Next, I mount it loopback and check, and the filenames look OK to me.
$ sudo mount -o loop updates.iso /mnt/tempimage
3. Then I burn to DVD with this command:
$ sudo growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=updates.iso
Here's the problem: when I read the resulting DVD in Windows, I get all the filenames in uppercase, and some are conflated. When I read the DVD in Linux, it looks right too, but when I try to copy the files to the hard disk, I get "Input/output errors" for some files. I suspect it could be because the filenames are too long.
So here's my question: could somebody give me the correct syntax for burning the files to DVD using growisofs?
I would prefer not to use the graphical tools, because I will need to use the same command for backup to DVDs in future.
Thanks in advance !
Chong Yu Meng wrote:
Hi all,
I need help with the command for burning DVDs on Fedora Core. After struggling for a while, I now have 3 lovely coasters and I am down to my last 3 DVD discs, so I am hoping to get this right within 3 tries.
First, a little background: I'm trying to transfer the data contents (not movies or music) of 2 directories, containing rsync'ed extras and updates for FC5 to DVD so I can bring it to Hong Kong to prepare a server there.
Here's what I did:
- First, I made an ISO file:
$ mkisofs -v -l -r -max-iso9660-filenames -no-bak -o updates.iso /tmp/x86_64
- Next, I mount it loopback and check, and the filenames look OK to
me.
$ sudo mount -o loop updates.iso /mnt/tempimage
- Then I burn to DVD with this command:
$ sudo growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=updates.iso
Here's the problem: when I read the resulting DVD in Windows, I get all the filenames in uppercase, and some are conflated.
For making DVDs readable on Windows, use Joliet extensions (-joliet option in mkisofs).
When I read the DVD in Linux, it looks right too, but when I try to copy the files to the hard disk, I get "Input/output errors" for some files. I suspect it could be because the filenames are too long.
So here's my question: could somebody give me the correct syntax for burning the files to DVD using growisofs?
I would prefer not to use the graphical tools, because I will need to use the same command for backup to DVDs in future.
Your growisofs usage looks OK but you could also try cdrecord: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/BackupFilesToCDorDVD
Try to keep the burn speed down for reliable reading on other systems.
Paul.
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.
-- mm
Chong Yu Meng wrote:
Hi all,
I need help with the command for burning DVDs on Fedora Core. After struggling for a while, I now have 3 lovely coasters and I am down to my last 3 DVD discs, so I am hoping to get this right within 3 tries.
First, a little background: I'm trying to transfer the data contents (not movies or music) of 2 directories, containing rsync'ed extras and updates for FC5 to DVD so I can bring it to Hong Kong to prepare a server there.
Here's what I did:
- First, I made an ISO file:
$ mkisofs -v -l -r -max-iso9660-filenames -no-bak -o updates.iso /tmp/x86_64
- Next, I mount it loopback and check, and the filenames look OK to
me.
$ sudo mount -o loop updates.iso /mnt/tempimage
- Then I burn to DVD with this command:
$ sudo growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=updates.iso
Here's the problem: when I read the resulting DVD in Windows, I get all the filenames in uppercase, and some are conflated. When I read the DVD in Linux, it looks right too, but when I try to copy the files to the hard disk, I get "Input/output errors" for some files. I suspect it could be because the filenames are too long.
So here's my question: could somebody give me the correct syntax for burning the files to DVD using growisofs?
I would prefer not to use the graphical tools, because I will need to use the same command for backup to DVDs in future.
Thanks in advance !
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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.
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Doug Stewart wrote:
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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.
since I am the one creating the ISOs for burning they are prepaired correctly. no worries there :-)
-- mm
On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 10:16 -0400, Doug Stewart wrote:
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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.
On Wednesday 28 June 2006 17:05, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 10:16 -0400, Doug Stewart wrote:
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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.
On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 18:11 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
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.
Hi Nigel,
Now that I have confirmed that it is indeed a hardware issue (tested it with another DVD drive), the next test does indeed involve a large hammer and the faulty drive -- thanks for the suggestion!
Chong Yu Meng chongym@cymulacrum.net writes:
Now that I have confirmed that it is indeed a hardware issue (tested it with another DVD drive), the next test does indeed involve a large hammer and the faulty drive -- thanks for the suggestion!
Before that test, you may just want to see if it is a bit of dust on the lens. You can sometimes blow it out with compressed air or with a swab dipped in pure alcohol.
-wolfgang
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