Ubuntu backing up to DVD media

Posted by Teddy Jasin

May 16, 2008

I wanted to backup some files on my server on to DVD media.

Here's what I did....

Use command 'lshw -C disk' to see the dvd writer location

tjasin@home:~/BACKUP$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3320620A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0.0
logical name: /dev/hda
version: 3.AAE
serial: 9QF4XQ4N
size: 298GB
capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: mode=udma5 smart=on
*-volume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@0.0,1
logical name: /dev/hda1
capacity: 297GB
capabilities: primary bootable
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: ide@0.0,2
logical name: /dev/hda2
capacity: 729MB
capabilities: extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552U
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@1.1
logical name: /dev/hdd
version: US06
capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: mode=udma2
*-disc
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/hdd

/dev/hdd is where my dvd writer is...

then simply :

 
tjasin@home:~/BACKUP$ growisofs -Z /dev/hdd -R -J *

that will burn all the files recursively into my dvd

I tried format my dvd rw media using 'dvd+rw-format', but always having error saying ":-( mounted media doesn't appear to be DVD'RW or DVD-RAM".
Did i do something wronggg?