Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > mkisofs > > --- > > 2097493 > > /usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes. I strongly recommend not to use the option -no-cache-inodes. This option causes mkisofs not to check for hard links. As a rersult, the filesystem is bigger t

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/file.iso > > > > At least you'll have a better idea where the problem lies. > > > > > > Could I just get rid of one of the programs or are they all part of the > same package? I suspect a mismatch of package versions which is why I

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > Used versions > --- > cdrecord: 2.1.1a77 > > cdrecord > --- > scsidev: '/dev/hdd' > devname: '/dev/hdd' > scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 > Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. > Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 > SCSI

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > This is hopefully the last update. I have now burned several DVDs, > including the ones that failed earlier, with no errors at all. I guess > the newer version of cdrtools has some issues which may be why it is not > in stable yet. ;-) There are no known issues with cdrtools

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 3/30/2010 1:00 PM, Dale wrote: > > > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03 00 00 > > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 > > Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0 > > Sense flags: Blk 0 (n

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > I see your points but it just finished burning about 6 more very full > DVDs with not one single error. They burned with no prompts other than > the usual things it does to confirm what I am doing, such as overwriting > a DVD with data on it. Since it was failing basically eve

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Dale wrote: Used versions --- cdrecord: 2.1.1a77 cdrecord --- scsidev: '/dev/hdd' devname: '/dev/hdd' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.2

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Dale wrote: I see your points but it just finished burning about 6 more very full DVDs with not one single error. They burned with no prompts other than the usual things it does to confirm what I am doing, such as overwriting a DVD with data on it. Since it was fa

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > After downgrading to a stable cdrtools, I don't have any failing media. > I have been using the same drive and media for quite a while tho. I There is a difference between "after" downgrading and _from_ downgrading. It you really mean _after_ downgrading, there is no way to hel

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dale wrote: > OK. I thought I would try some different versions of software and see > what happens. With the info Neil provided about what does what, I > thought I would try a different version of cdrtools. I went to a older > version and it worked fine on the first try with my backup file.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Dale wrote: OK. I thought I would try some different versions of software and see what happens. With the info Neil provided about what does what, I thought I would try a different version of cdrtools. I went to a older version and it worked fine on the first try w

[gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database machines etc. Wnat I want is a fast and stable (!) filesystem for a desktop PC with one 1TByte harddi

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread Michele Alzetta
I have been using reiserfs ( 3, not 4 ) for several years and have found it to recover without any problems from "dirty" shutdowns, at most I've had to use reiserfstools to fix the filesystem. I had no such luck with ext3, although as a journalled filesystem in theory it should do the same. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread Bartosz Szatkowski
Its kind of tricky question :) and if You look closely You could find som flames about it :P Iam using ReiserFS for my root and xfs for the rest and testing btrfs. I never gets any problem with "broken partition table" etc. (and i experienced several "quick power downs"). But reiserfs have some p

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database machines etc. Wnat I want is a fast and stable (!) filesystem for a desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-04-01 20:36]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I googled down some - often fairly outdated - texts about "the > >best filesystem" fpr a Linux box. Other texts focussed on > >uses, which do not aplly to me: Fileservers, webservers, database > >machines etc. > > > >Wnat I want is

Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, thanks for all the input to all who have answered ! :) I will try to characterize ("characterise" ?) what I plan to do with my TByte disk. My current drive is 200GByte and it becomes too small... I DONT LIKE (read: hate) to put CDs or DVDs into my drive, to mount

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:02:20 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Your media was either accepted after several tries by the drive for > unknown reasons and is now usable in general again or you are observing > a problem caused by "hald". OMG Jörg! Do you have any idea what you've done? -- Neil Both

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Your media was either accepted after several tries by the drive for unknown > reasons and is now usable in general again or you are observing a problem > caused by "hald". Note that hald does not care about the CD/DVD/BD Writing > process a

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:02:20 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Your media was either accepted after several tries by the drive for > > unknown reasons and is now usable in general again or you are observing > > a problem caused by "hald". > > OMG Jörg! Do you have any ide

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-01 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:02:20 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: Your media was either accepted after several tries by the drive for unknown reasons and is now usable in general again or you are observing a problem caused by "hald". OM

[gentoo-user] Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread Joseph
I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; sdb is not even partitioned. I think I could do: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb but I need to boot from CD isn't it? I would like the second disk to function as an identical bootable backup (just in case something will malfuncti

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Joseph wrote: > I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; > sdb is not even partitioned. > I think I could do: > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb > but I need to boot from CD isn't it? Yes, basically, boot from USB or CD and use ddrescue to clo

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Joseph wrote: >> I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; >> sdb is not even partitioned. >> I think I could do: >> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb >> but I need to boot from CD isn't it?

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread Joseph
On 04/01/10 17:43, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Joseph wrote: I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; sdb is not even partitioned. I think I could do: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb but I need t

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Joseph wrote: > On 04/01/10 17:43, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Paul Hartman >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Joseph wrote: I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; sdb is not

[gentoo-user] Re: Duplicate identical Hard Disk

2010-04-01 Thread walt
On 04/01/2010 06:40 PM, Joseph wrote: On 04/01/10 17:43, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Joseph wrote: I have two identical HD in the box and want to duplicate sda to sdb; sdb is not even partitioned. I think I could do: