Burning backup to dvd

[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 14:48, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Using
>>>
>>> mkisofs -joliet -uid 0 -gid 0 -file-mode 444 -dir-mode 555
>>> -output /Backup/mybackup.iso
>>>
>>> I get 'mkisofs: Missing pathspec.'
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>
>> >From the manpage:
>>
>> SYNOPSIS
>>        mkisofs [ options ] [ -o filename ] pathspec [pathspec ...]
>>
>> You gave it the filename you wanted to build as an iso, but the not src
>> file pathlist to put in that iso.
>>
> OK, but
> 
> cdrecord dev=cdrom -sao /Backup/mybackup.iso /Backup/amandatapes/Dailys/slot9

You're confusing cdrecord and mkisofs.

mkisofs makes a big ISO file from your small files, and it's the big ISO 
file that should be burned using cdrecord.

Why your cdrecord can't grok that your DVD can hold more than 1.9GB I 
don't know.

Paul,