From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 14:38:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A0D16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:38:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (freshaire.wiz.com [66.143.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A024743D49 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:38:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@wiz.com) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hBTMc2rT012751 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:38:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from marc@freshaire.wiz.com) Received: (from marc@localhost) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hBTMc21w012746 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:38:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:38:02 -0600 From: Marc Wiz To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20031229223802.GA12657@wiz.com> References: <200312291957.MAA24137@lariat.org> <8385797A-3A3F-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031229135826.038d4f88@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: Burning DVD-R's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:38:06 -0000 On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 05:31:21PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Dec 29, 2003, at 4:18 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > >At 01:42 PM 12/29/2003, Charles Swiger wrote: > >>Yes, FreeBSD can burn DVD-R's. Please see > >>/usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools. > > > >I've taken a look at this port. Unfortunately, it's REALLY hard to > >figure out the documentation (which consists of a few Web pages written > >in very contorted -- almost unreadable -- English). > > The man page for growisofs is the primary documentation; it's not a > gem, but neither does it strike me as being far less understandable > than "man burncd", "man mkisofs", or other documentation related to > this topic. I agree (for whatever that is worth :-) > > >From what I can tell, though, this software is really meant to work > >with DVD+R, which records a little more than half as fast as DVD-R. > >I need the speed, and so need to make sure it really works with DVD-R. > > Meaning what? You want to make sure the software really works with > DVD-R, but you are not willing to test the software yourself? Hmm... Well I tried it and it does work with DVD-RW :-) And while the documentation could use some improvement it does state you can use DVD-R. > > >Also, it looks as if this port runs on top of another utility called > >"cdrecord", which itself runs on top of an ATAPI-to-SCSI shim. > > dvd+rw-tools depends on mkisofs (aka sysutils/cdrtools). > For ATAPI burner devices, it will use ATAPI/CAM. I use the "shim" with no problems at all. > > >I'm worried that this ziggurat of utilities will not be anywhere near > >as reliable as a simple utility that goes directly to the ATAPI drive. Well that all depends on your philosophy regarding tools. > > Your concern could be resolved by verifying the data after you burn it > to DVD, which, come to think of it, is a really fine idea when using > any type of backup or archival mechanism. An excellent suggestion. I'm paranoid when doing my backups. After I do them I do a restore -N. If you want to be really check things do an actual restore to a different location and do md5sum's to compare the files. Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.