Re: [Dump-users] dump & cdrecord

[Don B. <buc...@ea...>]

David Gesswein wrote:
> I have been trying to get multi cd dumps to work.  I am dumping with
> /usr/sbin/dump -b64 -B665600 -F UserInfo -0 -L label -f /tmp/dump.fifo directory
> cdrecord -v -eject -pad -data driveropts=burnfree /tmp/dump.fifo
> 
> I am restoring with restore -i -V -b64 -f /mnt/cdrom
> and selecting all files dumped.  When I extract I get missing block at end of 
> filename, assuming hole error when the next cd is started and that file 
> is bad.  I also sometimes get resync restore, skipped # blocks
> 
> If I dd off the cd into a file specifying the exact size specified to dump  
> I can use those files to restore without errors. If I dd the cd without 
> specifying the length so the files are larger than dump dumped then it gives 
> the same missing block errors.
>    dd if=disk2 of=disk2a bs=1k count=665600
> 

I used to consistently get read errors at the end of a CD unless I
started adding "-dao" to my cdrecord options.  YMMV.

- Don