Ron Johnson wrote:Here's how I do it with a firewire DVD-RW drive: make sure that these modules are loaded: ieee1394 sbp2 raw1394 ohci1394 And this is compiled in the kernel: udf support Then... Install cdrecord-ProDVD (you'll have to go to the web site to get it.) Next... cdrecord dev=1,0,0 -v blank=fast mkisofs -r -J -udf -o dvdrw.test.raw /usr/local/data/compaq cdrecord-wrapper.sh dev=1,0,0 -v dvdrw.test.raw Lastly, to verify... modprobe -v udf mount /dvd-rw HTH, RonMy dvd is working fine. I can write cds, blank dvd, etc.But, using mkisofs with a large file 2.8GB, I get "Value too large for the defined data type". Since a DVD 4.7GB is < than 2.8 GB why I cant create the filesystem, for then using dvdrecord burn the dvd?Tanks.