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1 | Getting started quick |
2 | --------------------- | |
3 | ||
4 | - Select packet support in the block device section and UDF support in | |
5 | the file system section. | |
6 | ||
7 | - Compile and install kernel and modules, reboot. | |
8 | ||
9 | - You need the udftools package (pktsetup, mkudffs, cdrwtool). | |
10 | Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/ | |
11 | ||
12 | - Grab a new CD-RW disc and format it (assuming CD-RW is hdc, substitute | |
13 | as appropriate): | |
14 | # cdrwtool -d /dev/hdc -q | |
15 | ||
16 | - Setup your writer | |
17 | # pktsetup dev_name /dev/hdc | |
18 | ||
19 | - Now you can mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name and copy files to it. Enjoy! | |
20 | # mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime | |
21 | ||
22 | ||
23 | Packet writing for DVD-RW media | |
24 | ------------------------------- | |
25 | ||
26 | DVD-RW discs can be written to much like CD-RW discs if they are in | |
27 | the so called "restricted overwrite" mode. To put a disc in restricted | |
28 | overwrite mode, run: | |
29 | ||
30 | # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc | |
31 | ||
32 | You can then use the disc the same way you would use a CD-RW disc: | |
33 | ||
34 | # pktsetup dev_name /dev/hdc | |
35 | # mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime | |
36 | ||
37 | ||
38 | Packet writing for DVD+RW media | |
39 | ------------------------------- | |
40 | ||
41 | According to the DVD+RW specification, a drive supporting DVD+RW discs | |
42 | shall implement "true random writes with 2KB granularity", which means | |
43 | that it should be possible to put any filesystem with a block size >= | |
44 | 2KB on such a disc. For example, it should be possible to do: | |
45 | ||
46 | # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc (only needed if the disc has never | |
47 | been formatted) | |
48 | # mkudffs /dev/hdc | |
49 | # mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime | |
50 | ||
51 | However, some drives don't follow the specification and expect the | |
52 | host to perform aligned writes at 32KB boundaries. Other drives do | |
53 | follow the specification, but suffer bad performance problems if the | |
54 | writes are not 32KB aligned. | |
55 | ||
56 | Both problems can be solved by using the pktcdvd driver, which always | |
57 | generates aligned writes. | |
58 | ||
59 | # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc | |
60 | # pktsetup dev_name /dev/hdc | |
61 | # mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name | |
62 | # mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime | |
63 | ||
64 | ||
65 | Packet writing for DVD-RAM media | |
66 | -------------------------------- | |
67 | ||
68 | DVD-RAM discs are random writable, so using the pktcdvd driver is not | |
69 | necessary. However, using the pktcdvd driver can improve performance | |
70 | in the same way it does for DVD+RW media. | |
71 | ||
72 | ||
73 | Notes | |
74 | ----- | |
75 | ||
76 | - CD-RW media can usually not be overwritten more than about 1000 | |
77 | times, so to avoid unnecessary wear on the media, you should always | |
78 | use the noatime mount option. | |
79 | ||
80 | - Defect management (ie automatic remapping of bad sectors) has not | |
81 | been implemented yet, so you are likely to get at least some | |
82 | filesystem corruption if the disc wears out. | |
83 | ||
84 | - Since the pktcdvd driver makes the disc appear as a regular block | |
85 | device with a 2KB block size, you can put any filesystem you like on | |
86 | the disc. For example, run: | |
87 | ||
88 | # /sbin/mke2fs /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name | |
89 | ||
90 | to create an ext2 filesystem on the disc. | |
91 | ||
92 | ||
93 | Links | |
94 | ----- | |
95 | ||
96 | See http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ for more information | |
97 | about DVD writing. |