Hello, I have just been put in front of a computer with Suse 10.1 x86_64, a NEC ND-4550 DVD burner on /dev/hdc and a few DVD-R disks. I need to copy some critical files to those dvds as soon as possible, as I have the feeling the drive is failing and, for some reasons I haven't investigated yet, X won't start. Nice, uh? :-( I have tried: growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/dev/zero to blank it and then the command at the end of this mail, pasted with its whole output. What am I doing wrong, or missing? SI have checked, and that burner does support dvd-r. Surely something very stupid, being tired as I am these days, but I really need to backup those files out of that hard drive as soon as possible before the computer dies on me or I can investigate if its problems can be fixed. Normally I still use CDs, that's why I am unfamiliar with DVD quirks, but the files this time are too many and too big to go with CDs. And no, unfortunately there is no other way to backup those files (no other computer to which I could connect it, no broadband or enough online space to upload the files somewhere...) I have already tried to look up those error messages via google, but frankly haven't recognized anything useful. So please help me to walk through this: what is the exact, foolproof way to burn the whole content of a directory from the command line, from unwrapping the dvd from the case to removing it from the burner? what are the exact command to type, and in which sequence? Thank you a lot, guys, Ando root:/mydata # growisofs -Z /dev/hdc -R -J /mydata/20070809/dvd1 Executing 'mkisofs -R -J /mydata/20070809/dvd1 | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0' INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings. Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem, use -input-charset to override. Using 20070000.TAR;1 for /20070809_mailarchive.tar (20070809_pictures.tar) /dev/hdc: FEATURE 21h is not on, engaging DAO... /dev/hdc: reserving 2278432 blocks :-[ RESERVE TRACK failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type /dev/hdc: "Current Write Speed" is 16.4x1385KBps. :-? resuming track#1 from LBA#0 :-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type :-( media is not formatted or unsupported. :-( write failed: Wrong medium type -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org