Re: Dual Layer DVD Burning

AHappyCamper wrote:
Borax Man wrote:

G'Day all.

Just a quick rundown on my system. It has an AMD Duron 700 MHz CPU,
about 100G HD space and 384M RAM. Currently running Red Hat 7.3 (no
real need to upgrade).

At the moment, I've got a CD Burner, a very old one. Works fine but
it's starting to show its age. What I wan't to do is get a DVD burner
and burn DVD's. I will be mostly backing up data, storing files.


I've already installed the dvd-rw-tools, so I have growisofs, and the
latest version of XCDRoast, which is what I usually use when I burn CD's

I have two questions. Firstly, if I purchase a DVD recorder which can
burn dual layer, and suitable media, will growisofs allow me to burn
dual layer discs? I can't find much which conclusively says yes. (I
don't use K3B). Is is the same command as burning single layer 4.7G
discs? I just want to know before i purchase a burner if I'll be able
to burn dual layer discs easily and whether it works the same as
standard single layer.

Secondly, I'm open to recommendations about which brand to get, or which
to avoid. I'm looking at Yamaha, because the CD Burner I have is a
yamaha and its worked very well for the past 7 years and only now
starting to become less than 100% reliable.

Thanks in advance.

Dennis

Firstly, puleeze put a new, 80wire, IDE cable on any hard drive or DVD
burner/players!

Then, I consider 700mhz about the minimum for video or DVD works.

I have DL but have yet to find either the program, or the media, to use
it! Burns Linux ISOs just fine, and, being a Dual Layer device is extra
gravy I may never enjoy.

700MHz isn't a problem because I'm not really going to do video editing, mostly just storing data, system backups etc.

It turns out dual layer discs seem to cost MORE than twice the single later ones. It's still cheaper to use two singler layer DVD's than one dual layer.
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