[KLUG Members] writing dvd

[Bert]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>I've read about a program called "dvdrecord" (similar to cdrecord,
>except for creating DVD's).  I don't have a DVD writer, so I've never
>tried it.  Google says it's here:   http://www.nongnu.org/dvdrtools/
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>One other thing, I've also read that the ONLY safe way to backup data on
>DVD is to use DVD-RAM.  All my reading says that DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
>DVD+RW, etc.  is not dependable enough, and/or doesn't last long enough,
>for backups.  I hope your NEC 1100ND does DVD-RAM ...
>
>It seems to be able to do DVD_R, DVD+RW, all in random, sqeuential and multi-session
>
>and  CD-R and CD-RW both in doa, tao and session at once
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no DVD-RAM I suppose.

I am really lost here. I can't tell the difference between all these 
formats. I just want to make a simple (?) backup. Can you tell me why 
DVD[-|+][r|w] won't last. Does the data put on media vapporize?
I usally used tapes they never gave me any problems. But now I want to 
save data for a longer period, without the need to ever rewrite the 
backup. (I need to backup some transactional data that needs to be kept 
for a period of about two years. So I thought that a dvd would just do 
that. )

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>>I have a NEC 1100ND dvd burner that I want to use as a backup media. I 
>>have tried many ways to create a dvd but I seem not to be able to get a 
>>dvd written.
>>
>>xcdroast gives up after a few seconds, I already downloaded and 
>>installed the latest version including the latest version of cdrecord, 
>>cdda, mkisofs.
>>Xcdroast still gives up after a few seconds, sometimes after writing a 
>>small fragment to the dvd (and making it wortless)
>>
>>Is there a sure way to create a dvd without spoilling more dvd's ? The 
>>drive should be an atapi drive, which means so much as no driver needed, 
>>as I am told.
>>
>>So when no diver needed can I just dd a image and make a dvd that way?? 
>>I am using SuSE 8.1.
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>Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
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>Armstrong International, Inc.
>Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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