Re: DVD Writing HOW TO

[Patrick Albuquerque <patrickq@shaw.ca>]

> Hi ppl, got to put a dvd rw and cd-rw working in the same 
> computer, i have 
> allready a cd-rw working but have no clue where to start with the 
> dvd rw, 
> i have install the dvdplusrw package, by the way im runing woody, 
> but the
> docs are not as clear as I need them. In some places it talks 
> about a kernel
> patch but in others it claims that it can be done without one. 
> Does any one
> knows a good howto to go streight to the dvd rw config, I only 
> need it to
> write data no video o anything else.
> 
> Cheers,
> rak
> 

Works ok for me with stock 2.6 kernel.

# growisofs -Z /dev/scd0/ -R -J ~/backup

See http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW

Patrick.