In article <42363386.8000600@bl.echidna.id.au>,
	Carl Brewer <carl@bl.echidna.id.au> writes:
> Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> 
>> You could just write your dump file(s) directly to the raw partition,
>> and use "-B" to set the volume size. For backups, I think it would be
>> smart to *not* go greater than 4GB on a Single-Layer DVD, as many PCAV
>> writers do their zone change at about 4.2GB, and that's where you'll
>> find the lowest quality writing on the whole disk.
> 
> Can you actually write with dump directly to DVD-R?  I thought
> you had to use cdrecord or somesuch?

I suppose not. You could write a file directly to the raw partition using
"growisofs". E.g. "growisofs -Z /dev/rcd0d=dumpfile".  To use that with
"dump -B" would required some clever scripting.


Frederick