Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Used versions
> -----------------------
> mkisofs: 2.1.1a77
> growisofs: 7.1
>
> growisofs command:
> -----------------------
> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray
> -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms
> -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2295193 -speed=4
> -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m

Well, if your problems are a result from using growisofs, use cdrecord instead
of growisofs...

Jörg

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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0

This part jumps out at me.

Is /dev/hdd your new DVD burner? Is it really IDE and not SATA?

And isn't /dev/fd/0 a floppy device? Are you burning from a floppy to
an IDE drive?

Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0
>
> This part jumps out at me.
>
> Is /dev/hdd your new DVD burner? Is it really IDE and not SATA?
>
> And isn't /dev/fd/0 a floppy device? Are you burning from a floppy to
> an IDE drive?

/dev/fd/0 is /dev/stdin

Jörg

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Joerg Schilling
<Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0
>>
>> This part jumps out at me.
>>
>> Is /dev/hdd your new DVD burner? Is it really IDE and not SATA?
>>
>> And isn't /dev/fd/0 a floppy device? Are you burning from a floppy to
>> an IDE drive?
>
> /dev/fd/0 is /dev/stdin

I learned something new, thanks

On 4/20/2010 11:01 AM, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0

> And isn't /dev/fd/0 a floppy device? Are you burning from a floppy to
> an IDE drive?

/dev/fd0 is a floppy. /dev/fd/0 is file descriptor 0 for the current
process -- stdin.

Joerg Schilling wrote:

Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:



Used versions
-----------------------
mkisofs: 2.1.1a77
growisofs: 7.1

growisofs command:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray
-use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms
-use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2295193 -speed=4
-use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m


Well, if your problems are a result from using growisofs, use cdrecord instead
of growisofs...

Jörg




Well, I didn't tell it to use that either. I let k3b take care of what
program to use. Funny thing is, it appears to have worked later on.


Dale

:-) :-)

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> -----------------------
> >> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray
> >> -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms
> >> -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2295193 -speed=4
> >> -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m
> >>
> > Well, if your problems are a result from using growisofs, use cdrecord instead
> > of growisofs...
> >
> > Jörg
> >
> >
>
> Well, I didn't tell it to use that either. I let k3b take care of what
> program to use. Funny thing is, it appears to have worked later on.

There are many cases where growisofs has problems but cdrecord works fine.
This is one reason why newer k3b versions allow you to specify which program
to use.

Jörg

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:45:27AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > /dev/fd/0 is /dev/stdin
>
> I learned something new, thanks

To complete your education fd stands for file descriptor.

fd/0 = stdin
fd/1 = stdout
fd/2 = stderr

You can create your own file descriptors and use them to manipulate
opened files. See man bash for more info. (It is, for example,
necessary if you do CLI scripting with a user interface using Dialog.)

Cheers,

W
--
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Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton

Joerg Schilling wrote:

Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:



-----------------------
/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray
-use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms
-use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2295193 -speed=4
-use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m



Well, if your problems are a result from using growisofs, use cdrecord instead
of growisofs...

Jörg




Well, I didn't tell it to use that either. I let k3b take care of what
program to use. Funny thing is, it appears to have worked later on.


There are many cases where growisofs has problems but cdrecord works fine.
This is one reason why newer k3b versions allow you to specify which program
to use.

Jörg




It took me a bit to figure it out but I think I have it disabled now. I
saw the list but didn't know I could disable anything in the list. I'll
test when making my next set of backups.


Dale

:-) :-)