Paul Abrahams wrote:
On Monday 04 September 2006 8:24 pm, stephan beal wrote:
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 01:55, Paul Abrahams wrote:
I have a DVD writer (ATAPI DVD+RW) 4x4x12 and I'm trying to back up the SuSE 10.0 distribution DVD using K3B. I'm using the drive both for input and output (I assume an image is created in between). But K3B gives me the message "The writer does not support writing Double Layer DVD" as soon as it attempts the copy.
What should I do to create the backup? If you have enough space on your hard drive, you can do what i do:
cp /dev/hdc /home/Suse-10.0-dvd.iso
(assuming your DVD drive is /dev/hdc)
Then i mount that, set it as my main install source, and then i don't need the DVD again.
Is there a way to utilize that ISO image if you want to install SuSE on another machine? Or possibly to generate a pair of DVDs for that purpose?
I guess that without a fancy 2-sided DVD writer, there's no way to duplicate the DVD as is.
Paul
Hello Paul, you will need a DVD-burner like Plextor716A. It can burn Dual-Layer-DVDs with 8,5GB. But these are very expensive. The two layers are on one side. You do not need to switch the DVD !! Are 2-sided DVDs with 8,5GB on both sides available ? Best way to do , search for 8,5GB DL-DVD+-RW medium and you can rewrite it with the next release. Best regards Wigbert