[conspire] Burn DVDs...

[Jose Sanchez]

--- Heather Stern <star at starshine.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 04:58:40PM -0800, Jose
> Sanchez wrote:
> > Hello. I am purchasing a DVD recorder (Sony
> DRU-500a)
> > this week. I wanted to know if there is any
> software
> > for linux regarding DVD burning. I will be adding
> this
> > device on a pc running Red Hat 8.0 Linux. I want
> to
> > backup some files on DVDs because of the capacity
> it
> > holds (4.7 Gigs). TIA.
> > 
> > -Jose
> 
> There is some, but how reliable it is, is a very
> good question.
> General commentary on the web seems to be equally
> divided between
> 
> "oh sure, it's easy! just use a tweaked version of
> mkisofs to make HUGE
> iso9660 filesystems, then the program (either Joerg
> Shily's prodvd,
> the gnu project fork dvdrecord) and it works great"
> 
> 	such people do not generally state if they were
> using DVD-R
> 	or DVD+R.   They weren't using DVD-RAM - that does
> "just work"
> 	since it looks like a hard disk.
> 
> ...and "arrrrgh!   I can't get this thing to work at
> all!"
> 
> No experiment yet with the commercial ProGear
> package, but that's
> terribly expensive, since it's basically a
> movie-making kit.
> 
> I recommend getting model numbers and typing them
> into search engines
> with the keyword linux before plunking cash down on
> anything.
> 
>   . | .   Heather Stern                  |        
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It is very true what you have posted. I get "maybe it
will work" from almost everyone I talked too. I need
this solution to backup important data not movies and
stability is what I am after. I might just have to put
a tape drive instead :)  

> I recommend getting model numbers and typing them
> into search engines
> with the keyword linux before plunking cash down on
> anything.

Thanks for the advice but I usually do research before
posting or buying. I found:
http://www.xcdroast.org/#overview
which has a cool look. I might just give this a try on
a test system. 




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