Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

[peter@easthope.ca]

    From: "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
    Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:28:39 +0100
>   xorriso -for_backup -dev /dev/sr0 \
>           -update_r . / \ 
>           -commit \
>           -toc -check_md5 failure -- \ 
>           -eject all 
> 
> Now you can write to the DVD-R until it is full. Each run will produce a
> complete directory tree of the current state.     

Gave it a try this morning with this result.

  ...
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     103200s   26.6%   fifo 100%  buf 100%    6.0xD
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     107280s   27.6%   fifo  96%  buf 100%    6.0xD
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     111360s   28.7%   fifo  85%  buf 100%    6.0xD
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     115440s   29.7%   fifo 100%  buf 100%    6.0xD
libisofs: MISHAP : Image write cancelled
libburn : FATAL : SCSI error on write(117872,16): [5 21 02] Illegal request. Inv
alid address for write.
xorriso : FATAL : -abort_on 'FAILURE' encountered 'FATAL' during image writing
xorriso : NOTE : libburn has now been urged to cancel its operation
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     117888s   30.4%   fifo 100%  buf 100%    3.6xD
xorriso : UPDATE : Writing:     117888s   30.4%   fifo 100%  buf 100%    0.0xD
libburn : FAILURE : Failed to close session (2). SCSI error : [5 72 03] Illegal
request. Session fixation error, incomplete track in session.
xorriso : FAILURE : libburn indicates failure with writing.
xorriso : aborting : -abort_on 'FAILURE' encountered 'FATAL'

Until now I've never seen xorriso fail.  Invalid address?

Thanks,                           ... Peter E.

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