Replaced several occurences of the word "media" by "medium"

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2011-10-26 14:09:51 +00:00
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6 changed files with 369 additions and 357 deletions

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@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ ISO image out of the file given by option \-M.
Separated by a comma, set the next_writeable_address to which the
add\-on session will finally be written. Decisive is actually the block
address which the intended readers will have to use as superblock address
on the intended media.
on the intended medium.
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Both values can be inquired from optical media by help of burn programs
and cdrecord option \-msinfo. xorriso itself can obtain it in its
cdrecord emulation. Do not let it load the drive, but rather do this manually
or by a program like dd which reads a few bytes. Only then it is sure that
the device driver knows the true readable size of the media.
the device driver knows the true readable size of the medium.
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dd if=/dev/... count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1
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@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ Conformant are ASCII characters out of [A\-Z0\-9_]. Like: "IMAGE_23"
Joliet allows 16 UCS\-2 characters. Like: "Windows name"
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Be aware that the volume id might get used automatically as name of the
mount point when the media is inserted into a playful computer system.
mount point when the medium is inserted into a playful computer system.
.TP
\fB\-volid\fR text
Alias of \-V.
@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ Set the ASCII label text of a SUN Disk Label.
.PP
Character sets should not matter as long as only english alphanumeric
characters are used for file names or as long as all writers and readers
of the media use the same character set.
of the medium use the same character set.
Outside these constraints it may be necessary to let xorriso convert byte
codes.
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@ -1178,11 +1178,11 @@ Follow\-up sessions are written like this:
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Always eject the drive tray between sessions. The old sessions
get read via /dev/sr0. Its device driver might not be aware
of the changed content before it loads the media again.
of the changed content before it loads the medium again.
In this case the previous session would not be loaded and the
new session would contain only the newly added files.
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For the same reason do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the media,
For the same reason do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the medium,
but rather do this manually or by a program that reads from /dev/sr0.
.SS
.B Let xorrisofs work underneath growisofs
@ -1231,12 +1231,12 @@ over cycles of mounting and booting.
Files with names matching *.o or *.swp get excluded explicitly.
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.sp 1
To be used several times on the same media, whenever an update of
the two disk trees to the media is desired. Begin with blank media and start
a new blank media when the run fails due to lack of remaining space on
To be used several times on the same medium, whenever an update of
the two disk trees to the medium is desired. Begin with a blank medium and
update it until he run fails gracefully due to lack of remaining space on
the old one.
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Do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the media,
Do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the medium,
but rather do this manually or by a program that reads from /dev/sr0.
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$ dd if=/dev/sr0 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1
@ -1267,9 +1267,11 @@ on media and if the expected changes are much smaller than the full backup.
\fBBetter do not use your youngest backup for \-old\-root\fR.
Have at least two media which you use alternatingly. So only older backups
get endangered by the new write operation, while the newest backup is
stored safely on a different media.
Always have a blank media ready to perform a full backup in case the update
attempt fails due to insufficient remaining capacity.
stored safely on a different medium.
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Always have a blank medium ready to perform a full backup in case the update
attempt fails due to insufficient remaining capacity. This failure will
not spoil the old medium, of course.
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.sp 1
If inode numbers on disk are not persistent, then use
@ -1334,7 +1336,7 @@ With the first session:
With the second session, option \-old\-root refers to /session1 and the
new \-root is /session2.
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Do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the media,
Do not let xorriso \-as cdrecord load the medium,
but rather do this manually or by a program that reads from /dev/sr0.
.br
$ dd if=/dev/sr0 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1