[lug] CDRW with linux

[John Starkey]

For the first test I cp'd /usr to cdrom1 and it went great, I knew it was
big enough to fill the disk. I did that without adding any software. The
HOWTO did mention adding cdrecord but I decided to try without it first. I
just took the first cd out and now I wanna try consecutive writes on a new
cd. But it's telling me that the cd is full. Even after umounting the
first (which errored saying it couldn't write /etc/mtab.tmp). So I assume
it's saying it thinks it's still looking at the first disk. I guess
there's a cache left over from the first that hasn't been cleared??

Is there a way to fix this problem without cdrecord? I don't want to add
software if I don't have to. This is mainly for a server so I can backup
client sites, email, and /var/log. I don't want to add any potential
security holes which may come with adding software.

I'm sure that any software that can write to disk can be used
malisciously??

Thanks,

John

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Jeff Howell wrote:

> John Starkey wrote:
> > 
> > I just bought a Hewlett Packard CD-Writer Plus 8250i for backups. Anyone
> > have any bad experiences with this thing? Or know of any problems I may
> > experiences installing and using CDRWs??
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > John
> > 
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> I burn CDs all the time under Linux. I'm using a Plexstor 4x scsi
> writer. CDrecord does an excellent job.
> Available at:
> http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
> 
> -- 
>  Jeff Howell
>  EDS Unix Support
>  
>   Linux Slackware: The Ultimate NT Service Pack
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