Burning DVD with external USB DVD-recorder
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Burning DVD with external USB DVD-recorder
started by: Huibu
Posted by Huibu on Jan. 12 2006,14:12
Hello I want to burn a image of a HDD using DSL.I am using USB FDD for booting.
Now I have some questions:
1st : when I use the TkDVD, then I don`t know where or what my device is (it is ext USB but i am not able to mount a DVD with blank DVD inside)
2nd What do I have to do if I want to have TkDVD permanent on my USB- pen?
(Not always download via MyDSL)
3rd What is the passwort when I try to copy the TkDVD.dls to the root.
I don't remember to be asked for a root passwd.
4th Is the a simple beginner help??
Greeting ruedi
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 12 2006,18:33
1.Open a terminal window and type:
cdrecord -scanbus
2.
Copy it to your USB drive top level directory (Called /cdrom if running from inside a DSL usb bootup).
3. Just choose "Emelfm as Super User" from the menu.
4. Read the "Getting Started" that appears in Dillo when you boot up. Also, go to the DSL home page and click on the "WIKI" link.
Posted by Huibu on Jan. 13 2006,08:00
Thanks for the quick help.All is working fine now.
But I have an additional question.
Is it possible to make an image of the Windows- Szstem, sitting on hda1" with the DSL.
You know I want to plug the the USB[]pen and make a image of the whole Win[]OS either to a second partion on the HD or burn it directly to DVD.
Is it possible
Greetings Ruedi
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 16 2006,04:48
Say you have a second partition (already formatted) at hda2 (Linux or FAT/FAT32. NTFS will NOT work).You can image the partition by choosing "Upgrade to GNU utilities" first.
Make sure that /dev/hda1 is NOT MOUNTED.
Then open a terminal winodow and type:
| Code Sample |
| mount /mnt/hda2 sudo su dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=4096 | gzip -2c | split -b 650m - /mnt/hda2/image. |
And you will get a compressed image of partition hda1. The image will be split up into 650MB files (good for CD burning). If you want DVD burning, try a value that is less than 2GB in size but is easily divisible by the total DVD disk size, maybe something like "-b 1500m"? You would then place 3 files on each DVD disk.
Restoration is the reverse of backup:
| Code Sample |
| mount /mnt/hda2 sudo su cat /mnt/hda2/image.* | gzip -d | dd /dev/hda1 bs=4096 |