Burning backup to dvd

[Ed Kim]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> 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,
> 
try these commands

mkisofs -o /Backup/mybackup.iso -R -J -l -v /path/to/data/directory/

cdrecord -v -sao dev=cdrom -data /Backup/mybackup.iso


Regards

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Ed Kim, RHCE
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