writing dir to DVD
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at nasa.gov
Tue Aug 9 20:48:27 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 13:21 -0700, w bugar wrote:
> Sorry for a simple question, but can someone tell me
> the commands and options (mkisofs, cdrecord I presume)
> to throw a directory(s) to a DVD? I know someone will
> say to use man but my machine just gives me a prompt
> during the Checking Filesystem phase of booting and
> man doesn't work.
Ouch!
> I can still access /home so I'd like
> to try to save it before trying a reload of FC4.
> (cdrecord --scanbus returns 1,0,0)
Since you have e-mail access, hopefully you can also browse the web.
Can find man pages on-line. You probably want growisofs for DVD, so try
a google on "man growisofs" (mkisofs|cdrecord|...)
One result from above:
http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/growisofs1.html
Here's a bit from the growisofs man page that may be helpful.
EXAMPLES
Actual device names vary from one operating system to another. We use
/dev/dvd as a collective name or as symbolic link to the actual device
if you wish. Under Linux it will most likely be an ide-scsi device
such as "/dev/scd0." Under NetBSD/OpenBSD it has to be a character
SCSI CD-ROM device such as "/dev/rcd0c." Under Solaris it also has to
be a character SCSI/ATAPI CD-ROM device, e.g. "/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2" or
"/vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0." And likewise in HP-UX and IRIX...
To master and burn an ISO9660 volume with Joliet and Rock-Ridge exten-
sions on a DVD:
growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -J /some/files
To append more data to same DVD:
growisofs -M /dev/dvd -R -J /more/files
Make sure to use the same options for both inital burning and follow-
ing sessions.
Good luck,
Phil
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