Using DVD for backups?
Joshua Oreman
oremanj at webserver.get-linux.org
Thu Apr 24 15:55:01 PDT 2003
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 12:25:58PM -0600 or thereabouts, Ivan Fetch seemed to write:
> Hello,
> I'd like to start using a DVD drive for backups on a FreeBSD
> 5.0-Release machine. I'm curious whether others out there already do
> this, and have particular recommendations for DVD drives known to work?
> My hope was that I could use the "IDE SCSI emulation" pat of the cam
> driver and use cdrecord with the DVD drive as well.
I recommend the Sony dru600a. I use it + it's great. For -R and -RW, use
what Bill said. For +RW, use burncd:
# burncd -f /dev/acd0 -s max dvdrw file.iso # to burn
# burncd -F -f /dev/acd0 -s max format # to erase
Hope this helps,
-- Josh
>
> Thanks in advance for your time and assistants,
> Ivan Fetch.
>
>
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