Long term archiving - which brand of CDROM do you recommend?
Hi, can anybody please give me some recommendations for long term archiving of data. Which brands are known to be usable for this? Many thanks for some information, Helmut. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1399278765.12136.1@numa-i
Re: Q: state of the art in burning a BD
On 01/05/2012 11:47:00 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > What is the state-of-the-art in generating a BD > > especially when it comes to generating files of size greater than 4 > Gb? > > No problem if you use recent software. e.g. cdrtools-3.0 or later > > > Many thanks for some hints, > > Helmut. > > > > P.S. Nero-linux writes an UDF system which can be mounted by > Linux. > > mkisofs says it has only UDF support in alpha state. > > mkisofs did add a lot of new UDF features in August 2006. > > Where do you believe that this "udf alpha" note is mentioned? I > thought I > removed this note 5 jears ago. Did I miss to remove a related note? > Sorry, Jörg, I didn't check your release notes. I do have cdrtools-3.01_alpha06 installed here (Gentoo) and I thought that Gentoo selected your mkisofs. Blindly doing 'man mkisofs' showed this 'alpha note' BUT a second look revealed that the mkisofs man page is a 'genisoimage' man page effectively. I now have to check where this comes from. Thanks, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1325761026.28433.1@numa-i
Q: state of the art in burning a BD
Hi, since Christmas I have a blu-ray writer. What is the state-of-the-art in generating a BD especially when it comes to generating files of size greater than 4 Gb? Many thanks for some hints, Helmut. P.S. Nero-linux writes an UDF system which can be mounted by Linux. mkisofs says it has only UDF support in alpha state. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1325758163.28433.0@numa-i
Blu-Ray GUI burning tool
Hi, which (GUI) tool do you use for burning Blu-Ray-disks? Since I don't use KDE nor GNOME, I'd prefer something like TkDVD or the good old xcdroast. What has to fixed for these tools to enable them burning a Blu-Ray disk? Is it just the missing capacities which are not listed? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1323891351.32140.1@numa-i
cdrskin + k3b doesn't work SOMETIMES
Hi, I'm puzzled. I have configured k3b to use cdrskin (libburn-0.7.0) On one of identical machines - at least, I think so - this works just fine, but on some machines it doesn't work. When I do it 'by hand', e.g. mkisofs -R -J -iso-level 4 -pad -o OUTPUT.iso SOME_DIR cdrskin -v dev=/dev/sr0 speed=52 fs=50m padsize=300k OUTPUT.iso it works! But from within k3b it doesn't See below the debug log of k3b (SIGTERM has been caused by C) This is a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 (LG) drive. Please, Jörg, don't suggest cdrecord itself, it doesn't work on five machines with this drive above. Are any options used by k3b the culprit? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. System --- K3b Version: 1.0.5 KDE Version: 3.5.10 QT Version: 3.3.8b Kernel: 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 Devices --- HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 NL01 (/dev/sr0, /dev/sg2) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump] K3bIsoImager --- mkisofs print size result: 186 (380928 bytes) Pipe throughput: 380928 bytes read, 380928 bytes written. Used versions --- mkisofs: 2.1.1a60 cdrecord: 2.1-Emulation cdrecord --- cdrskin 0.7.0 : limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn cdrskin: verbosity level : 1 cdrskin: NOTE : greying out all drives besides given dev='/dev/sr0' cdrskin: scanning for devices ... cdrskin: ... scanning for devices done cdrskin: NOTE : ignoring unimplemented option : '-xa1' cdrskin: NOTE : option is waiting for a volunteer to implement it. cdrskin: NOTE : Enforcing minimum track size of 614400 bytes cdrskin: beginning to burn disc cdrskin: status 1 burn_disc_blank "The drive holds a blank disc" Current: CD-R Track 01: data 0 MB Total size:0 MB (00:06.00) = 300 sectors Lout start:0 MB (00:08/00) = 300 sectors Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 48 in real TAO mode for multi session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 2 seconds. 1 seconds. 0 seconds. Operation starts. UNIX-SIGNAL: SIGTERM errno= 2 cdrskin: ABORT : Handling started. Please do not press CTRL+C now. cdrskin: ABORT : Trying to ignore any further signals cdrskin: ABORT : Drive is released and library is shut down now. cdrskin: ABORT : Program done. Even if you do not see a shell prompt. cdrecord command: --- /usr/bin/cdrskin -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=48 -tao driveropts=burnfree -eject -multi -xa1 -tsize=186s - mkisofs --- /usr/local/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes. /usr/local/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes. 186 /usr/local/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes. Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 273 Total directory bytes: 408 Path table size(bytes): 10 Max brk space used 0 186 extents written (0 MB) mkisofs calculate size command: --- /usr/local/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid gentoo-headers-2.6.30-2.tar -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3bg2N3ub.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3b61nunb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3beHqcka.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3b2i6G3a.tmp mkisofs command: --- /usr/local/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid gentoo-headers-2.6.30-2.tar -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3bC8YoLa.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3bqOujrc.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3bTmxFXa.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-jarausch/k3bFo9aqb.tmp -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
simple question : how to check if a medium is unused?
Hi, how can I check if a medium has never been burnt, i.e. is ready for burning? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: is my drive defect - request for comments
On 1 Mar, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Joerg Schilling wrote: . >> people in most cases solve their problems by writing in RAW mode >> or by killing hald. > > If raw mode prevents hald from disturbing a > burn run then this is an undocumented feature. Just one more comment (Attn: I don't know anything about the techniques of recording on a CD/DVD) As Joerg suggested in private mail, I tried using cdrecord after I had stopped hald. So on my system even without hald running cdrecord refused to write even the first sector. Switching to -raw96r mode (on a CD) did succeed but readcd -c2scan failed. Joerg said that my drive (LG GH22NS30 SATA) does not support c2 scanning. But then I wonder why it didn't get errors for all sectors (just many). I tried PLATINUM and VERBATIM media. This seems to be connected to this burner (and its predecessor LG GH20NS15) I have two PC (both AMD 64 running a recent Linux system with an 2.6.26 or 2.6.28 kernel) Both show this problem (with cdrecord only). I don't think it has to do with this recent Linux kernels since on two 32bit machines, running 2.6.26/8, as well, I have no problems though with an older (LG) burner. I managed to burn the CD with cdrskin, I mounted that CD and compared to the source directory. And the data was OK. I tried to "verify" that same CD with readcd (c2scan) and it failed with many sectors. cdrecord even failed to burn a DVD on those machines, while growisofs succeeded. NOTE, this is just the short history, no rating ! Thomas suggested to use CDCK which validated both the CD and the DVD. But unfortunately that checks timings only and therefore is only an indirect measure of quality. I wished there a were a tool which could show "near failures" on a CD and on a DVD, since I use my burner for backup purposes only. And I want to be able to access my data even several years in the future (e.g. digital photographs) Thanks for all your help and I explicitly include Joerg here, as well. I have been using cdrtools for many years now and it had worked and is working flawlessly except on this new hardware. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
is my drive defect - request for comments
Hi, I have a brand new drive (LG GH22NS30) and I'm encountering problems with cdrecord. E.g. I get cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 FF FF FF 6A 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 2A 00 00 80 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) Since this occurs even with a Verbatim medium, Jörg has been so kind to help me, and suggested the -raw96r format. This did succeed but when testing this CD afterwards with readcd or xorriso, it showed a lot of errors. Then using cdrskin with a medium of the same packet (Verbatim) succeeded and in addition xorriso should good results. Now, how can I find out if my drive is OK. It's not too late to exchange it for free. Has someone else had bad experience with that drive. I had good experience with earlier LG drives. (And yes, I'm working on Linux and there is hald running, but the nearly broken medium was written after hald was stopped.) Many thanks for your comments, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: dvd+rw-tools 7.1: Compiling problems on new eisfair2
On 3 Feb, Marcus Roeckrath wrote: > Hi Andy, > > while never having problems to compile on the eisfair1-serverproject I'm > unable to compile dvd+rw-tools on the upcoming eisfair2. > > I got: > > eisfair2 # make > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/dvd+rw-tools-7.1' > g++ -O2 -fno-exceptions -D_REENTRANT -c -o growisofs_mmc.o > growisofs_mmc.cpp > In file included from growisofs_mmc.cpp:17: > transport.hxx: In member function ‘int > Scsi_Command::is_reload_needed(int)’: > transport.hxx:366: error: ‘INT_MAX’ was not declared in this scope > make[1]: *** [growisofs_mmc.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dvd+rw-tools-7.1' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > Eisfair2 depends on Ubuntu 8 having: > > g++ (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7) > > gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7) > > GNU Make 3.81 > > glibc 2.7 > > Is there something missing on my new eisfair2? > > Can you give me a hint? > A modern C++ compiler like gcc 4.2.3 needs an #include for INT_MAX to be known (or more C++ like #include const int INT_MAX = std::numeric_limits::max(); ) -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
please decrypt cdrecord's error message
Hi, having used (earlier) versions of cdrecord on the very same drive and media brand, I got the following errors today (on two medias) (This is with Linux kernel 2.6.26) Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a55 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/hdb' devname: '/dev/hdb' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. Driveropts: 'burnfree' SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info: 'HL-DT-ST' Identifikation : 'DVDRAM GSA-4167B' Revision : 'DL11' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM. Current: DVD-R sequential recording Profile: DVD-RAM Profile: DVD-R sequential recording (current) Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite Profile: DVD+RW Profile: DVD+R Profile: DVD+R/DL Profile: DVD-ROM Profile: CD-R Profile: CD-RW Profile: CD-ROM Profile: Removable Disk Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM driver (mmc_dvd). Driver flags : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1114112 = 1088 KB Drive pbuf size: 1966080 = 1920 KB Drive DMA Speed: 11772 kB/s 66x CD 8x DVD 2x BD FIFO size : 67108864 = 65536 KB Track 01: data 0 MB padsize: 30 KB Total size:0 MB = 300 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 Total power on hours: 6656 Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 2298196 Reducing transfer size from 64512 to 32768 bytes. Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 4 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is ON. Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01:0 MB written. Track 01: writing 600 KB of pad data. /usr/local/bin/cdrecord: Success. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: F0 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 2A 00 00 0C 21 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x00 (logical block address out of range) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid) resid: 32768 cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 200s write track pad data: error after 0 bytes BFree: 1088 K BSize: 1088 K Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 32768/0 (0 sectors). Writing time:8.876s Average write speed 0.1x. Fixating... Fixating time: 20.623s /usr/local/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 1 puts and 1 gets. /usr/local/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to cdwrite-requ...@other.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@other.debian.org
Re: [Cdrecord-support] cdrtools-2.01.01a44 ready
On 5 Aug, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> that file clearly does not exist in your RULES directory, the 586 >> exists but not a 686 >> >> and I, like the rest of the world use gnu make :) > > Well, this is a problem that results from using an unmaintained make program > ;-) > > As I mentioned, this bug has been reported and accepted as GNU make bug in > 1998. > The GNU Make maintainers told me that "it will take some time to fix", but > I believe that "some time" has passed already. > > Pleas test 2.01.01a54-pre from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/: > > > - Added a workaround for a GNU make design bug that causes the rules > to create file "foo" to be evaluated _past_ the "include foo" > statement in a Makefile has been evaluated. Note that you still need > GNU make 3.81. GNU make 3.80 and before will still fail to compile > cdrtools because of other unfixed GNU make bugs. > Builds just fine here. Many thanks! (gnu make 3.81) Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iso9660 simple question
Hi, sorry for that simple question. Which flags (when mastering a disk e.g. with xcdroast) are necessary to preserve the case of filenames. I have the problem, that filenames which contain different(!) cases are preserved but all lower case filenames are translated to upper case or vice versa. Many thanks for hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Verifying backup CD/DVD results
On 26 Dec, Bill Davidsen wrote: > I found this link: http://swaj.net/unix/cdck/cdck-0.6.0.tar.gz which is > a program to read a CD or DVD and report on the goodness of the burn, in > terms of current and potential errors. I can't swear that the results > are accurate in terms of predicting future failures, but they are > consistent, in that a DVD identified as marginal, good, or excellent on > one machine will have the same rating on at least two other machines > using other brands of DVD reader hardware. > > I have been checking my critical backups and reburning any rated less > than good. Only rarely do I see the excellent rating, which may reflect > my use of good but not premium media. > I've tried it with the '-p' option on a DVD. It produces a file of 15 Mb containing 1.5 million lines. That is too much for my gnuplot (probably it needs more than 1.5 Gb memory, or some other limitations) Has anybody had more luck? Thanks for you remark, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CD/DVD reliablity [was Re: Verifying backup CD/DVD results]
On 26 Dec, Bill Davidsen wrote: > I found this link: http://swaj.net/unix/cdck/cdck-0.6.0.tar.gz which is > a program to read a CD or DVD and report on the goodness of the burn, in > terms of current and potential errors. I can't swear that the results > are accurate in terms of predicting future failures, but they are > consistent, in that a DVD identified as marginal, good, or excellent on > one machine will have the same rating on at least two other machines > using other brands of DVD reader hardware. > > I have been checking my critical backups and reburning any rated less > than good. Only rarely do I see the excellent rating, which may reflect > my use of good but not premium media. The more general question is Are CD / DVD media suitable for backup, at all? On German TV there has been a warning recently that a CD (DVD) might get unrecoverable errors even with one year. Are there any brands which gives waranties and how much are they worth? What have you heard / experienced ? Many thanks for your input, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xcdroast patch for modern cdrtools versions
Hi,
modern cdrtools versions (at least cdrtools-2.01.01a15 and a16)
don't work with xcdroast-0.98alpha15-P
I have included the tiny patch at the end.
The other thing to be changed is to remove
anything related to cdrecord-ProDVD
which is no longer necessary.
--- xcdroast-0.98alpha15/src/io.c 2003-10-26 15:24:48.0 +0100
+++ xcdroast-0.98alpha15-P/src/io.c 2006-09-25 20:07:33.0 +0200
@@ -9026,7 +9026,7 @@
strcat(tmp2,"-D ");
}
if (masterparam.opt[7]) {
- strcat(tmp2,"-L ");
+ strcat(tmp2,"-allow-leading-dots ");
}
if (masterparam.opt[8]) {
strcat(tmp2,"-d ");
@@ -9160,7 +9160,7 @@
}
if (masterparam.publisher) {
strcpy(tmptmp, masterparam.publisher);
- g_snprintf(tmp5,MAXLINE,"-P \"%s\" ",
+ g_snprintf(tmp5,MAXLINE,"-publisher \"%s\" ",
convert_escape(tmptmp));
strcat(tmp4,tmp5);
}
--
Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Re: cdrtools-2.01.01a09 released
On 15 May, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Today, I happily announce new features and the release of the DVD-code > into the OpenSource. Many thanks, Jörg -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
multi session and cdrecord-ProDVD
Hi, does anybody know howto write more than 1 session onto a DVD with cdrecord-ProDVD. (I know it's possible with growisofs) Many thanks for a hint Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
recommendation to backup a Win2k partition to DVD
Hi, sorry this is probably off topic. Although my favourite OS is Linux, I do need Windows from time to time. Can anybody recommend a (preferably free) backup solution of a Windows partition directly to DVD ? Since I use a dual boot system I can do the backup either from Win2000 or from Linux since I've have configured my Windows to use FAT-partitions only. In the past, I've made the experience that just backuping up all files (like tar + (cdrecord/growisofs)) doesn't suffice. Probably some files are location dependent. Many thank for your comment on this, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
growisofs newbie questions
Hi, I have used growisofs for the first time and ran into some problems. I tried to dump an ext3 file system using flyisofs (from shunt-1.6.3) and growisofs like /sbin/dump -y -b64 -0 -f - / | flyisofs mbc=2295104 fbc=35 \ | growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/zero dump reports "estimated 3010054 blocks' which means well below 3 Gb flyisofs creates an iso-9660 file system of 229510482048 = 4700372992 bytes dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdd reports Legacy lead-out at:2297888*2KB=4706074624 Track Size:2297888*2KB and growisofs starts with 0/4706074624 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? and stopped with 4703748096/4706074624 (100.0%) @3.9x, remaining 0:00 :-[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed with SK=5h/ASC=21h/ACQ=00h]: No space left on device builtin_dd: 2297888*2KB out @ average 3.5x1385KBps Why is it trying to write 4706074624 bytes, and why does it fail if track size = 2297888*2KB=4706074624 ? It's a Verbatim DVD-R medium. And what can I do about it? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DVD newbie - which format should I use?
Hi, I've tried to search the archive and various FAQs but I more confused than before. I've just bought my first DVD burner (LG GSA-4167B) which supports several DVD formats. I've burnt my first DVD-R disc which succeeded but a bit slow. cdrecordProDVD reported "DMA speed to slow) (OK for 8x) but then the average write speed was only 1.5x ( for a chunk of 3.6Gb). Is there any explanation for this? Second and most important, which media (format) should I use. I need my DVD burner for backup only, so I don't need compatability with any DVD-ROM. I do need multi-session capability since my backups are not always 4.4 GB. Many thanks for a hint or pointer to a FAQ Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mount question
Hi, is there (in Linux) a method to let non-root users mount a CDROM AND specify a session? The standard user(s) option in /etc/fstab does not allow to specify a session at mount time. Is the only way to write some SUID prog/script which does this? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrecord on linux 2.6.x x > 2.6.8
On 4 Mar, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> since Linus's changes to the 2.6.8.1 kernel cdrecord doesn't work >> anymore when used by a non-root user even if its permissions are >> set SUID root. >> Does anybody know about patches to cdrecord and/or the kernel source >> to make this possible again? I do need the recent kernel (currently >> 2.6.11). > > No. But "the other" solutions works flawlessly (for me). > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] It works - BUT I've to tell the root password to all users! > > (I haven't use sudo, so i don't know if it is also a solution) Yes, that's the solution. I didn't believe it works but I've just tried with 2.6.11 and it works. With sudo or even better super one can fine tune who is able to execute which command. Many thanks, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cdrecord on linux 2.6.x x > 2.6.8
Hi, since Linus's changes to the 2.6.8.1 kernel cdrecord doesn't work anymore when used by a non-root user even if its permissions are set SUID root. Does anybody know about patches to cdrecord and/or the kernel source to make this possible again? I do need the recent kernel (currently 2.6.11). >>> Solaris it no option for me <<< Many thanks for a pointer, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Dump-users] dump on CD (Linux only)
On 16 Jan, James Finnall wrote: > Maybe the dates here are just a machine with a real bad time clock, but > they are from the year 2001. That was really a long time ago. Like > possibly somebody brought up an old server or something? But I received > two messages on the list from 27 July 2001 from the same sender. > > Just thought I would mention it in case they weren't noticed. Yes, sorry for that. Somehow my mailer resent old emails. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DVD-R double layer ?
Hi, does anybody know if and when DVD writers for the -R format with double layer capabilities appear on the market? Thanks for a hint. Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hidden file on an iso-image ?
On 25 Oct, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > There are plenty of possibilities to let the size of the >> > image file be > the size of the du output. One is a broken >> > du utility or a broken kernel. >> >> It's not just the du utility. >> >> I have burnt the image to a CD with recent cdrecord and >> there were no problems. >> When I mount the CD under Linux (2.4.27) I see some files >> (exactly those needed to install the software (Maple in this case) >> under Linux) >> >> But when I access the same CD under Win2000 I see totally >> different files (excatly those one needs to install the software >> under Windows) > > So maybe someone did use mkisofs and -hide-joliet... > >> So the image size is nearly the sum of the sum of filesizes >> seen under Linux and Windows. >> >> > Did you try isoinfo? >> >> Yes, but it didn't help me, here is the >> output: >> >> isoinfo -debug -d -f -J -p -R -s -l -i maple9.51_su_win_mac_linux.iso >> >> CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format >> System id: LINUX >> Volume id: MAPLE95 >> Volume set id: >> Publisher id: >> Data preparer id: >> Application id: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR >> (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING >> Copyright File id: >> Abstract File id: >> Bibliographic File id: >> Volume set size is: 1 >> Volume set sequence number is: 1 >> Logical block size is: 2048 >> Volume size is: 148416 > > So the size is OK (nearly 300 MB). > YOu could try to run star -c -onull on the > mounted FS in order to check whether the du command gives you > the correct info. Yes, it gives 115870 kb (the Linux part) > > You also may use "isodebug" to find the command line used to create the image > in case the image has been created with a binary compiled from the > official mkisofs source. Yes, thanks, that revealed mkisofs 1.14 -R -J -h -o /wmi/repository/build/m95/Installers/InstallAnywhere/WinLinux_CD/Maple95/../winmaclin.iso \ -hide-rr-move -hide-joliet Linux -hide-joliet MacOSX -hide-joliet Maple 9.5 Installer.app -hide-joliet \ installMapleLinuxSU -hide autorun.inf -hide cd.ico -hide MacOSX -hide Maple 9.5 Installer.app -hide Windows \ -hide-hfs autorun.inf -hide-hfs installMapleLinuxSU -hide-hfs cd.ico -hide-hfs Linux -hide-hfs Windows -V MAPLE95 \ -uid 0 -gid 0 -v /wmi/repository/build/m95/Installers/InstallAnywhere/WinLinux_CD/Maple95 It remains the question how can one read all files under Linux? Helmut -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hidden file on an iso-image ?
On 25 Oct, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have an ISO image of 300 Mb which is said to contain software for >> Linux and for Windows. >> When I burn it onto a CD and mount it or when I mount it directly as >> loop device, >> I can only see the Linux part ( du -sm shows 144 Mb only). >> When I look at it under Windows I can only see the Windows part. >> >> Is there any means to access everything under Linux? >> And how can I create such an image? > > Do you expect help without giving enough information? The problem is that I have only few information. The image has been created by MapleSoft (Canada) > > You did not give any information about the image, so > it is just not possible to help you - sorry. > > There are plenty of possibilities to let the size of the > image file be > the size of the du output. One is a broken > du utility or a broken kernel. It's not just the du utility. I have burnt the image to a CD with recent cdrecord and there were no problems. When I mount the CD under Linux (2.4.27) I see some files (exactly those needed to install the software (Maple in this case) under Linux) But when I access the same CD under Win2000 I see totally different files (excatly those one needs to install the software under Windows) So the image size is nearly the sum of the sum of filesizes seen under Linux and Windows. > Did you try isoinfo? Yes, but it didn't help me, here is the output: isoinfo -debug -d -f -J -p -R -s -l -i maple9.51_su_win_mac_linux.iso CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: LINUX Volume id: MAPLE95 Volume set id: Publisher id: Data preparer id: Application id: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set sequence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 148416 Root directory extent: 28 size: 2048 Path table size is: 92 L Path table start: 20 L Path opt table start: 0 M Path table start: 22 M Path opt table start: 0 Creation Date: 2004 08 26 07:21:24.00 Modification Date: 2004 08 26 07:21:24.00 Expiration Date: 00 00 00:00:00.00 Effective Date:2004 08 26 07:21:24.00 File structure version: 1 Joliet escape sequence 0: '%' 1: '/' 2: 'E' 3: '' Joliet escape sequence 0: '%' 1: '/' 2: 'E' 3: '' Joliet with UCS level 3 found Rock Ridge signatures version 1 found I just wonder how one can create an image (probably with a dirty trick) which looks like a correct iso image to Linux and Windows but with totally different contents. Sorry, I don't have more information. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hidden file on an iso-image ?
On 21 Oct, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > On 21.10.2004 19:20, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an ISO image of 300 Mb which is said to contain software for >> Linux and for Windows. >> When I burn it onto a CD and mount it or when I mount it directly as >> loop device, >> I can only see the Linux part ( du -sm shows 144 Mb only). >> When I look at it under Windows I can only see the Windows part. >> >> Is there any means to access everything under Linux? >> And how can I create such an image? >> >> Many thanks for a hint, > > man mount (Parameter: "unhide") > - snip - >unhide Also show hidden and associated files. (If the ordinary files and the > associated or hidden files have the same filenames, this may make the ordinary files > inaccessible.) > - snip - > > > a quick glanced shows that 'man mkisofs' also reveals a few > "hide"-parameters > Unfortunately I've tried that and it didn't help. Furthermore, the filenames are different. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hidden file on an iso-image ?
Hi, I have an ISO image of 300 Mb which is said to contain software for Linux and for Windows. When I burn it onto a CD and mount it or when I mount it directly as loop device, I can only see the Linux part ( du -sm shows 144 Mb only). When I look at it under Windows I can only see the Windows part. Is there any means to access everything under Linux? And how can I create such an image? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help splitting a directory
On 20 Oct, _N4R3N_ wrote: > > > hi > > > I want to split a directory in to two sub directories > > If my home dir is 1000 Mb I can't write it completely on one cd > > So i want to split it in to two directories namely > > 1)naren.bak.1 > 2)naren.bak.2 No need to do that! Have a look at <http://www.serice.net/shunt> -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrtools-2.01a36 ready
On 8 Aug, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Note that we are close before publishing release 2.01 final. Please test for > problems that might make the cdrtools unusable. Cdrtools-2.01a36 is the most > probable release canditate for 2.01-final. > Many thanks for you continuos work on cdrecord. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dvd+rw-tools-5.20.4.10.8: File is too large
On 5 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Therefore the constraints with my advice to write the tar.gz file > to DVD without an ISO wrap. That would be readable on any Unix. Yes and No, Since there is no notion of a file length and most of the time I get LOTS of errors and the end of the file when reading from a raw CD. > I'm now testing automated splitting of such files within my own > software (coward's limit: 2047m). That'll need up to 4.7 GB of > disk buffer. I cannot imagine a method to mix on-the-fly file parts > with usual mkisofs input from disk directories. Or to fiddle > disk directories into something like -stream-media-size :( What's the problem? If both parts reside on the same volume (DVD) e.g. as B.tar.gz.1 B.tar.gz.2 cat /dvd/B.tar.gz.1 /dvd/B.tar.gz.2 | tar xzf - If you need to change volumes in between take Shunt <http://www.serice.net/shunt/> -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backup plain files to DVD
On 6 Jul, Nick Urbanik wrote: > Dear Folks, > > I read with interest posts by Tony Caola: > http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/09/msg00013.html and Volker > Kuhlmann http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/09/msg00014.html under > the subject "Making UDF DVD+RW backups". Eagerly I examined Volker's > interesting and useful shell scripts writecd, cp-sort and cp-ext2 at > http://volker.dnsalias.net/soft/. > > However, they still do not seem to quite cover my aim, which is > possibly not unique. > > AIM: a reliable program that, given a directory name, will back up all > the files in the directory to DVDs, preferably being able to back > them up in a sorted order, as just plain files, possibly in an > ext2 file system, prompting me to change the DVDs as each is > filled up. > > QUESTION: Before I start writing this (in Perl), is there anyone who > has done this? > > I need to back up 160GB data, and would prefer to have a simple > filesystem that I can browse easily (particularly a web site of > photos). I wrote a messy couple of scripts a few years ago that did > this sort of thing with CD-R; I might clean them up (with a fire hose! > :-) and press them into service again. I am looking to use free (as > in freedom) software rather than proprietary. > > I am new to DVD writing and will probably use growisofs. Have a look at http://www.serice.net/shunt it's a quite flexible tool managing the 'disk change' problem. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backup thousands of files 1 at a time with growisofs?
On 6 Jul, Nick Urbanik wrote: > Dear Folks, > > I just bought a DVD writer on Sunday and am ignorant about DVDs; > please excuse me. > > Can I back up thousands of small files, one at a time to a DVD, with > growisofs? Can is do something simple like this, and get a reliable > result? > > What are the limitations of this if it is possible? > > The kind of thing I wonder is: can I do something like this: > > growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R file1 > for f in otherfiles...;do > growisofs -M /dev/dvd -J -R $f > done > > where otherfiles... expands to many tens of thousands of files. > Why don't you use 'tar' especially with compression like tar czf- otherfiles | growisofs ... This compresses the tar archive and otherfiles may me millions. I have'nt worked with growisofs, yet, since I am waiting for affordable double layer writers and media. Have a look at http://www.serice.net/shunt/ and see the flyisofs / growisofs example there. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrtools-2.01a28 ready
On 21 Apr, Joerg Schilling wrote: > The files are located on: > > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha ... Am I the only one having problems to access this site? I get "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" most of the time. Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: cdrtools-2.01a28 ready
On 21 Apr, Joerg Schilling wrote: > The files are located on: > > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha ... Am I the only one having problems to access this site? I get "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" most of the time. Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to test DMA
Hi, this might be a bit offtopic but I appreciate any help. I have quite a new Plextor 48/24/48a CD recorder which hangs with Linux when DMA is used. It might be that there is a hardware problem w.r.t. my motherboard with a VIA chipset (3 years old) To verify that it is a hardware (and not a Linux kernel) problem I would like to test the drive under Win2k. Does anybody know how to check if the drive is using DMA under Win2k ? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
how to test DMA
Hi, this might be a bit offtopic but I appreciate any help. I have quite a new Plextor 48/24/48a CD recorder which hangs with Linux when DMA is used. It might be that there is a hardware problem w.r.t. my motherboard with a VIA chipset (3 years old) To verify that it is a hardware (and not a Linux kernel) problem I would like to test the drive under Win2k. Does anybody know how to check if the drive is using DMA under Win2k ? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plextor DMA problem on Linux
Hi, I've a puzzling problem and hope someone's experience can help me. I have quite a recent Plextor 48/24/48 burner attached to my Linux system (currently 2.4.23-rc2) This drive has been running initially with my kernel which enables DMA by default. Now I cannot use the drive anymore under such a kernel. readcd dev=0,1,0 -f /dev/null works but that's special cased since readcd dev=0,1,0 -f - | cat >/dev/null DOESN'T work and even a normal 'mount' doesn't work. Always, I see a DMA timeout error on kern.log. I've tried various things like the boot parameters acpi=off and I've connected the drive to the other cable of my VIA vt82c686a onboard controller. Nothing help. Then I regenerated the kernel with the option 'DMA for disks only' and now I have no problems with the drive except a simple readcd now produces a system load of more than 90% (on an otherwise idle system) and the read speed drops to 4250 kb/s instead of 7056 kb/s as reported by readcd initially. Is my drive defect now (just the DMA logic) ? This occurred before and after upgrading the drive's BIOS to the most recent version. Or is it a Linux problem, but that's hard to believe since even an older kernel which has run fine with this drive doesn't run anymore with this drive. Any ideas and comments are more than welcome, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Plextor DMA problem on Linux
Hi, I've a puzzling problem and hope someone's experience can help me. I have quite a recent Plextor 48/24/48 burner attached to my Linux system (currently 2.4.23-rc2) This drive has been running initially with my kernel which enables DMA by default. Now I cannot use the drive anymore under such a kernel. readcd dev=0,1,0 -f /dev/null works but that's special cased since readcd dev=0,1,0 -f - | cat >/dev/null DOESN'T work and even a normal 'mount' doesn't work. Always, I see a DMA timeout error on kern.log. I've tried various things like the boot parameters acpi=off and I've connected the drive to the other cable of my VIA vt82c686a onboard controller. Nothing help. Then I regenerated the kernel with the option 'DMA for disks only' and now I have no problems with the drive except a simple readcd now produces a system load of more than 90% (on an otherwise idle system) and the read speed drops to 4250 kb/s instead of 7056 kb/s as reported by readcd initially. Is my drive defect now (just the DMA logic) ? This occurred before and after upgrading the drive's BIOS to the most recent version. Or is it a Linux problem, but that's hard to believe since even an older kernel which has run fine with this drive doesn't run anymore with this drive. Any ideas and comments are more than welcome, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plextor-Linux-DMA-problems (was cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors)
On 13 Nov, Joerg Schilling wrote: >>From: Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>On Wed 12 November 2003 11:33, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> >>> I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* >>> version. >>> I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a >>> hardware problem. > >>Okay. How do you compare the CD to the original? Read it out with >>readcd and then do a cmp on the images? Or using cmp on the device >>directly? > > His problems are caused by the fact that he did not read README.verify > and README.copy. > Probably it isn't cdrecord's fault since a readcd -c2scan shows a perfect CD. Now I have disabled DMA for the Plextor drive and now these errors have gone. So it must be related to Plextor+Linux+DMA . On my private PC at home (a newer Plextor 48x) I cannot access the drive at all when DMA is enabled (even a simple 'mount' of an ISO filesystem hangs) and the kernel log tells about a DMA timeout error. (The kernel is a recent 2.4.23-rc?) Has anybody made similar experience and/or knows what to do? Is this a case for the Linux kernel mailing list? Thanks for any hints (except abandoning Linux) Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Plextor-Linux-DMA-problems (was cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors)
On 13 Nov, Joerg Schilling wrote: >>From: Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>On Wed 12 November 2003 11:33, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> >>> I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* >>> version. >>> I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a >>> hardware problem. > >>Okay. How do you compare the CD to the original? Read it out with >>readcd and then do a cmp on the images? Or using cmp on the device >>directly? > > His problems are caused by the fact that he did not read README.verify > and README.copy. > Probably it isn't cdrecord's fault since a readcd -c2scan shows a perfect CD. Now I have disabled DMA for the Plextor drive and now these errors have gone. So it must be related to Plextor+Linux+DMA . On my private PC at home (a newer Plextor 48x) I cannot access the drive at all when DMA is enabled (even a simple 'mount' of an ISO filesystem hangs) and the kernel log tells about a DMA timeout error. (The kernel is a recent 2.4.23-rc?) Has anybody made similar experience and/or knows what to do? Is this a case for the Linux kernel mailing list? Thanks for any hints (except abandoning Linux) Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plextor DMA problem on Linux
Hi, I've a puzzling problem and hope someone's experience can help me. I have quite a recent Plextor 48/24/48 burner attached to my Linux system (currently 2.4.23-rc2) This drive has been running initially with my kernel which enables DMA by default. Now I cannot use the drive anymore under such a kernel. readcd dev=0,1,0 -f /dev/null works but that's special cased since readcd dev=0,1,0 -f - | cat >/dev/null DOESN'T work and even a normal 'mount' doesn't work. Always, I see a DMA timeout error on kern.log. I've tried various things like the boot parameters acpi=off and I've connected the drive to the other cable of my VIA vt82c686a onboard controller. Nothing helped. Then I regenerated the kernel with the option 'DMA for disks only' and now I have no problems with the drive except a simple readcd now produces a system load of more than 90% (on an otherwise idle system) and the read speed drops to 4250 kb/s instead of 7056 kb/s as reported by readcd initially. Is my drive defect now (just the DMA logic) ? This occurred before and after upgrading the drive's BIOS to the most recent version. Or is it a Linux problem, but that's hard to believe since even an older kernel which has run fine with this drive doesn't run anymore with this drive. Any ideas and comments are more than welcome, -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Plextor DMA problem on Linux
Hi, I've a puzzling problem and hope someone's experience can help me. I have quite a recent Plextor 48/24/48 burner attached to my Linux system (currently 2.4.23-rc2) This drive has been running initially with my kernel which enables DMA by default. Now I cannot use the drive anymore under such a kernel. readcd dev=0,1,0 -f /dev/null works but that's special cased since readcd dev=0,1,0 -f - | cat >/dev/null DOESN'T work and even a normal 'mount' doesn't work. Always, I see a DMA timeout error on kern.log. I've tried various things like the boot parameters acpi=off and I've connected the drive to the other cable of my VIA vt82c686a onboard controller. Nothing helped. Then I regenerated the kernel with the option 'DMA for disks only' and now I have no problems with the drive except a simple readcd now produces a system load of more than 90% (on an otherwise idle system) and the read speed drops to 4250 kb/s instead of 7056 kb/s as reported by readcd initially. Is my drive defect now (just the DMA logic) ? This occurred before and after upgrading the drive's BIOS to the most recent version. Or is it a Linux problem, but that's hard to believe since even an older kernel which has run fine with this drive doesn't run anymore with this drive. Any ideas and comments are more than welcome, -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
On 12 Nov, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Wed 12 November 2003 11:33, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* >> version. >> I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a >> hardware problem. > > Okay. How do you compare the CD to the original? Read it out with > readcd and then do a cmp on the images? Or using cmp on the device > directly? It was an iso filesystem, and I've mounted that and then I've compared the indivual files to the original ones on the harddisk. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
On 12 Nov, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Wed 12 November 2003 11:33, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* >> version. >> I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a >> hardware problem. > > Okay. How do you compare the CD to the original? Read it out with > readcd and then do a cmp on the images? Or using cmp on the device > directly? It was an iso filesystem, and I've mounted that and then I've compared the indivual files to the original ones on the harddisk. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
On 12 Nov, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Wed 12 November 2003 11:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a seldomly used PlexWriter 24/10/40A . >> Using cdrtools-2.01a19 and different media I always >> get strange errors: >> The cd is written without any error messages. But comparing >> it to the orignal I get mismatches always at a bytes with >> offset n*2048 where n is integer. >> >> Has anybody any idea? >> (Previously, at least with previous versions of cdrtools this >> drive worked OK) > > Could you give some more information? Like the command line you use > to burn the CD, and how you compare them. What OS are you using? I am using Linux (kernel 2.4.23-pre8) and xcdroast which issued the following command + log Calling: /usr/local/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,1,0" gracetime=2 fs=133120k -v driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed speed=24 -eject -multi -pad -waiti tsize=6717s - scsidev: '0,1,0' scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a18 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2 Waiting for data on stdin... Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' Driveropts: 'burnfree,noforcespeed' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W2410A' Revision : '1.02' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0009 (current) Profile: 0x000A Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 2394336 = 2338 KB FIFO size : 136314880 = 133120 KB Track 01: data13 MB padsize: 30 KB Total size: 15 MB (01:29.78) = 6734 sectors Lout start: 15 MB (01:31/59) = 6734 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4) ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 69 Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo. The orange forum likes to get money for recent information. The information for this media may not be correct. Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 353115 Forcespeed is ON. Turning forcespeed off Power-Rec is OFF. Power-Rec write speed: 0x (recommended) Turning Power-Rec on. Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 24 in real TAO mode for multi session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is ON. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: writing 30 KB of pad data. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 13756416/13787136 (6732 sectors). Writing time: 16.249s Average write speed 10.2x. Min drive buffer fill was 95% Fixating... Fixating time: 19.196s Last selected write speed: 24x cdrecord: fifo had 217 puts and 217 gets. Max media write speed: 24x cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. Last actual write speed: 16x BURN-Free was never needed. > > Lastly, when you say that it works with previous versions, do you > mean earlier alpha versions, or the latest stable release? Could > you try to find out in what version things went broke? I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* version. I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a hardware problem. Many thanks, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
Hi, I have a seldomly used PlexWriter 24/10/40A . Using cdrtools-2.01a19 and different media I always get strange errors: The cd is written without any error messages. But comparing it to the orignal I get mismatches always at a bytes with offset n*2048 where n is integer. Has anybody any idea? (Previously, at least with previous versions of cdrtools this drive worked OK) Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
On 12 Nov, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Wed 12 November 2003 11:16, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a seldomly used PlexWriter 24/10/40A . >> Using cdrtools-2.01a19 and different media I always >> get strange errors: >> The cd is written without any error messages. But comparing >> it to the orignal I get mismatches always at a bytes with >> offset n*2048 where n is integer. >> >> Has anybody any idea? >> (Previously, at least with previous versions of cdrtools this >> drive worked OK) > > Could you give some more information? Like the command line you use > to burn the CD, and how you compare them. What OS are you using? I am using Linux (kernel 2.4.23-pre8) and xcdroast which issued the following command + log Calling: /usr/local/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,1,0" gracetime=2 fs=133120k -v driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed speed=24 -eject -multi -pad -waiti tsize=6717s - scsidev: '0,1,0' scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a18 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2 Waiting for data on stdin... Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' Driveropts: 'burnfree,noforcespeed' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W2410A' Revision : '1.02' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0009 (current) Profile: 0x000A Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 2394336 = 2338 KB FIFO size : 136314880 = 133120 KB Track 01: data13 MB padsize: 30 KB Total size: 15 MB (01:29.78) = 6734 sectors Lout start: 15 MB (01:31/59) = 6734 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4) ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type:Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 69 Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo. The orange forum likes to get money for recent information. The information for this media may not be correct. Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 353115 Forcespeed is ON. Turning forcespeed off Power-Rec is OFF. Power-Rec write speed: 0x (recommended) Turning Power-Rec on. Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 24 in real TAO mode for multi session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is ON. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: writing 30 KB of pad data. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 13756416/13787136 (6732 sectors). Writing time: 16.249s Average write speed 10.2x. Min drive buffer fill was 95% Fixating... Fixating time: 19.196s Last selected write speed: 24x cdrecord: fifo had 217 puts and 217 gets. Max media write speed: 24x cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. Last actual write speed: 16x BURN-Free was never needed. > > Lastly, when you say that it works with previous versions, do you > mean earlier alpha versions, or the latest stable release? Could > you try to find out in what version things went broke? I can't remember the version, but I'm quite sure it was a 2.01a* version. I'll try to use the driver under Win2K first, to check if it's a hardware problem. Many thanks, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cdrtools-2.01a19 - strange errors
Hi, I have a seldomly used PlexWriter 24/10/40A . Using cdrtools-2.01a19 and different media I always get strange errors: The cd is written without any error messages. But comparing it to the orignal I get mismatches always at a bytes with offset n*2048 where n is integer. Has anybody any idea? (Previously, at least with previous versions of cdrtools this drive worked OK) Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mkisofs stream-file-name
Hi, with the recent, nice 'shunt' package by Paul Serice to create multiple CD backups there is now need for the -stream-file-name parameter which is not implemented yet. Unless I've missed something it looks as if it's trivial to implement. Just one question, how many digits my the version number have? Thanks for a comment, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
mkisofs stream-file-name
Hi, with the recent, nice 'shunt' package by Paul Serice to create multiple CD backups there is now need for the -stream-file-name parameter which is not implemented yet. Unless I've missed something it looks as if it's trivial to implement. Just one question, how many digits my the version number have? Thanks for a comment, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
