[ale] Lazy guy wants to burn large backup into DL DVD

[Greg Freemyer]

Just be aware that almost all DVDs regardless of age can read a DL
media, but not all can write them.

5 years ago it was difficult to find a DL writer.  Anything from the
last couple years should have no trouble.

Greg

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>> I failed when I tried to burn a video beyond 4 GBy on these blanks.
>
> Hadn't tried this over 4gb... but I do this all the time to CD and DVD.
>
> mkisofs -v -o /tmp/cd.iso -R /home/directorytobackup/
> cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom driveropts=burnfree /tmp/cd.iso
> rm /tmp/cd.iso
> eject /dev/cdrom
>
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