From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 3 17:31:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2F216A400 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5486513C45D for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l43HViaA040810; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:31:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0F151B854; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:31:44 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:31:44 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: dave@transducertech.com Message-ID: <20070503173143.GA72730@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: dave@transducertech.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easiest method to install a DVD writer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 17:31:51 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:40:46AM -0700, dave@transducertech.com wrote: > Hi,=20 > I have a desktop Compaq computer running the latest stable version of=20 > FreeBSD. I want to install a DVD writer to use for backups (either inter= nal=20 > or USB). Can someone recommend the easiest method to do this by? Is ther= e a=20 > list of supported DVD writers for the latest stable version of > FreeBSD? An ATAPI DVD writer should Just Work. I don't know about USB ones. > I don't want to spend a lot of time configuring it. I just want to > install something I know will work, with minimal need for > configuration. Also, will I need special software to do the actual > writing?=20 I've configured my system to use the DVD via SCSI subsystem with the atapicam driver. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#cdrom But that was mainly because cdrecord(1) only works well with SCSI devices. I haven't tried burning DVDs with the atapicd driver. > If so, what free software works well and is easy to use? > Suggestions? Success stories? For DVDs you'll need growisofs(1) from the /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools port. I find it easy to use in scripts or from the command line, but there are graphical front ends. Normally, growisofs writes ISO9660 filesystems, but growisofs will burn anything you tell it to. My DVD backup script makes several tar archives of my data, which are then compressed with bzip2 and encrpyted with ccrypt(1). Those tarfiles are burnt directly to DVD, without an ISO9660 filesystem. But I think that DVD's aren't optimal for backups. My advice would be to buy an external USB harddrive. They're not that expensive anymore and store a lot more data. I use one of those (with GELI encryption) to store compressed filesystem dumps. A dump is the best way to save all the filesystem metadata. Most backup strategies can save user- and group-ids and permissions, but they can't cope well with flags, acls or links. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGOhx/EnfvsMMhpyURAjbSAKCIAA4ZOKoheQIlwQGTK+WkMKEBOACgrgfA iK0qdcvPpdQIa+k0xBv+ESg= =3io0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--