[H-GEN] DVD Backup & burning software under Linux

[Matthew Sellers]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:09:08 +1000
Stuart Longland <stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org> wrote:


> 
> Originally the idea was to use Rock Ridge extensions to back up the
> system, but the permissions aren't preserved properly, so it would be a
> problem when restoring the data, as I'd have to create a script on the
> DVD to set the permissions properly.
> 

Was this using the -R option of mkisofs, which I beleive is supposed to quash
the default behavior of clearing uids and setting everything read only.

I haven't tested it on the command line but I am assuming this is how cdrecord
manages its Rock Ridge backup option. 

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Matthew Sellers