RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Mashita DVD-RAM LF-D310

[Lachlan Cranswick]

>Alan,
>
>You may be interested in the following link.  I have not tried it yet.
>The following link talks about using dd to burn the iso image to the dvd
>drive intead of dvdrecord.
>
>http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/linux-server/iso_images_to_dvdram/
>
>Jim Riggs
>Sr. Systems Analyst - Linux
>WW Solutions Enablement
>IBM IntelliStation
>address@hidden
>(919) 254-2403

Hi,  

Sorry for only responding now - as "work work" has been causing me to delete
many mailing list messages unread. (I wrote the above - rather rambling -
webpage)

The "dd" method for burning ISO images to DVDRAM (thanks to Seth Kurtzberg 
for pointing this out to me) works well when I have tried it - e.g.,

  dd if=/tmp/isos/1.iso of=/dev/scd0 

But be wary that for the DVDRAM to be bootable (if this is 
relevant to you) - there may be a size limit for the ISO
image (i.e., possibly less than 1 Gig for it to be bootable).  
I have not had time yes to properly investigate this - hopefully 
in late August after attending a conference.

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In the context of making disaster recovery DVD disks:

One possible strategy of using the free Mondorescue for bootable disaster
recovery 
and interactive restore disks -  would be to use a small DVDRAM disk for the 
first disk with only 900 Meg - then use the large DVDRAM disks for the
following 
archives disks (if this makes sense). e.g., using the -s option (e.g,  -s
990,4500)

Also, be wary to specify the right /dev output device in the dd command - 
otherwise you will create a very large file in your /dev directory.
(the first time you make this mistake - it looks like the dd command
does not work - until you try to figure out why the / partition 
has grown very large)

Lachlan.

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