Mark Roach wrote: > On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 15:38, Jeffrey Barish wrote: >> I am using growisofs to backup to DVD. Whenever growisofs finishes >> writing, it ejects the DVD. At that point, the DVD is obviously no >> longer mounted. > > Hmm, was the (presumably blank) disk mounted to begin with? I would > rather doubt it...
Yes, it was mounted. growisofs objects if I try using it with a disc that is not mounted. The disc was not blank to begin with, but I use the -Z option. > >> I would like for the DVD to remain mounted so that >> subsequent backups don't cost one mount (since, as I recall, each >> mount counts as a write). > > I doubt very much that this is the case... You have to mount the disc > to read it, if dvd+rw has a fixed limit on the number of times you can > read the data, it would have gone the way of divx Not a fixed limit, the disc just gets worn out. And it's not a limit on the number of times one can read it, it's a limit on the number of times one can rewrite it. > >> Is there a way to do that with growisofs? Should >> I use another program instead to write to DVD? (I'm using DVD+RW, >> but my drive supports DVD-RW also. > > I use growisofs for backing up a lot of static data and have had no > problems with it. It works for me too, I just wish it wouldn't eject when it finishes. -- Jeffrey Barish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
