From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 12:42:30 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 4AB4516A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:42:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E15143D1F for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:42:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hBTKgSMs014032; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:42:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (nfw2.codefab.com [66.234.138.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin08/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hBTKgR8v019151; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:42:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200312291957.MAA24137@lariat.org> References: <200312291957.MAA24137@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8385797A-3A3F-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:42:27 -0500 To: Brett Glass X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) cc: questions@freebsd.org 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 20:42:30 -0000 On Dec 29, 2003, at 2:57 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > Due to inevitable code and data bloat, I need to begin burning DVD-R's > instead > of CD-R's. However, the man page for FreeBSD's burncd(8) utility > doesn't > mention whether (or how) FreeBSD is capable of doing this on the > Memorex ATAPI > drive I have at hand. Can anyone tell me (a) whether FreeBSD can burn > DVD-R's; > (b) whether it wil work with this drive; and (c) what commands are > required to > do the burning? All info much appreciated. Yes, FreeBSD can burn DVD-R's. Please see /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools. This port should work fine with an ATAPI burner such as your unit, but you may need to rebuild the kernel with: device atapicam The command used is called "growisofs" and invokes "mkisofs" as needed as a dependency. The manpage includes the following examples: " 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 following sessions. To use growisofs to write a pre-mastered ISO-image to a DVD: growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso where image.iso represents an arbitrary object in the filesystem, such as file, named pipe or device entry. Nothing is growing here and com- mand name is not intuitive in this context." -- -Chuck