Re: Help: Burning multisession DVD+R with cdrecord 2.01.01a37
Hi,
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4288486
You have a problem with the formatter program
genisoimage, a clone of mkisofs.
growisofs uses mkisofs (or a clone of it) as
formatter. It obtains multi-session info from
media, operates mkisofs accordingly, and directs
the resulting image to media by its own DVD
capabilities (which are ecxellent, btw).
> Step 2 - Append each additional track:
> I moved an existing file out of the current directory
> and into another: /media/sdc1/backups/rt/2008/02/ rt.2008.02.06.tgz
> and added a new file: /media/sdc1/backups/rt/2008/02/ rt.2008.02.07.tgz
> ... # growisofs -M /dev/hda -R -J /media/sdc1/backups/rt
Your idea is great. Greater than genisoimage can fulfill
currently.
You cannot delete or rename a file by genisoimage multi-session.
genisoimage will not examine a directory tree for changes and
update it in the ISO image.
Looks like it rather refused to overwrite some directory.
Or it is just a bug. Hard to say.
You should nevertheless be able to add a new file to an
existing directory. Try whether this works as second session:
growisofs -M /dev/hda -R -J /media/sdc1/backups/rt/2008/02/rt.2008.02.07.tgz
(Use fresh media. Not those from previous experiments.)
With cdrskin you would have to do what is usual
with CD-R and multisession:
c=$(cdrskin dev=/dev/hda -msinfo 2>/dev/null)
mkisofs ... -C "$c" -M dev/hda ... | cdrskin dev=/dev/hda -multi -tao ...
The libburnia project is quite near to releasing an
integrated multi-session tool which would be able to
do parts of your above sketch.
For the remaining days - or if you have had enough
adventure - i would advise you to either use above
cdrskin gesture or to go back to growisofs which will
do the same more conveniently.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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