How to find out the type of CD in burner from script ?

Hello ! I have the following problem: I'm writing backup scripts, to store SCM tree on CD via ATAPI CD-burner. I need to have ability from inside the script find out the type of CD in burner: Is it CD-R or CD-RW, and is it blank or not, and also obtain at least CD label without mounting CD. Searc

Re: How to find out the type of CD in burner from script ?

No, i can't use cdrecord. It is for SCSI CD-writers, and i have ATAPI. Best regards, Alexander Shantanoo Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09.10.2003 17:34:03 To: Aleksandr Derevianko/RU/Transport/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Security Level:? Internal Subje

NEC DVD_RW - file read problems.

Hello All, I have the following problem: OS: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE. DVD RW: acd0: DVD-R <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG> at ata1-master UDMA33 I use DVD R's primary for data backup. The backup data is archived and splitted on files ~500Mb size, which was written on DVD-R's. I have also store the MD5

Re: NEC DVD_RW - file read problems.

I have already checked memory - all checks went OK. From: 25.10.2005 07:40:35 "Andrew P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:Aleksandr Derevianko/RU/Transport/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Security Level:? Internal Subject: Re: NEC DV

Multiple bootable FreeBSD disks in the same system

Hello ! I'm attempting to build the Vinum-based file server. The structure is following: 1. 5 equial-sized drives, 180 real Gbytes. 2. All drives have the same structure. 1 Partition (adXs1) divided in 3 slices: adXs1a - 128Mb ufs adXs1b - 128 Mb swap adXs1d - vinum partition. /usr, /var, /tm