Re: How to identify the DVD device for recording data
Graham Freeman <g-freeman@adfa.edu.au> wrote:
> I am trying to use growisofs to backup data to DVD-R on my Fedora FC3
> IBM ThinkCentre machine, running Gnome. I have successfully used
> cdrecord with the command
> mkisofs -hide-joliet-trans-tbl -R -d -allow-leading-dots -l . |
> cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc -v --eject -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wrong usage RTFM
> to record to CD-Rs.
>
> When I try
> growisofs -J -R -Z /dev/hdc -speed=2 -graft-points /src=/src
> /local=/home/usr/local /etc=/etc
> as root, I get the response
> :-( /dev/hdc: media is not recognized as recordable DVD: 0
>
> There is no device /dev/scd0 on the machine or anything similar. When I
> try
> cdrecord -scanbus
> I get the response
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
> Jörg Schilling
> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
> Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in
> this version.
This is _not_ cdrecord.
If you like to use cdrecord, check ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/
Jörg
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