Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:38:02 -0600 From: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Burning DVD-R's Message-ID: <20031229223802.GA12657@wiz.com> In-Reply-To: <BA94799D-3A4E-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <200312291957.MAA24137@lariat.org> <8385797A-3A3F-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031229135826.038d4f88@localhost> <BA94799D-3A4E-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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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.
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