From 5b4777a1e126859cf97c7fb60f74fae12a6f73e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kern Sibbald Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:04:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Put depreciation notice in manual DVD chapter --- docs/manuals/en/misc/dvd.tex | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/misc/dvd.tex b/docs/manuals/en/misc/dvd.tex index 88811365..c63ec14c 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/misc/dvd.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/misc/dvd.tex @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ \index[general]{DVD Writing} \index[general]{Volumes!DVD} +Please note that the DVD code is depreciated, that is +we no longer support it, and in a future version it will +be removed. The code is very likely not to work. + +The reason we have depreciated it is that writing to DVD +devices is not very reliable, and more modern devices +such as USB sticks or USB drives are much more reliable. + +Just the same if you want to write Bacula Volumes to DVDs, +or CDs, you can do so by limiting the size of the Bacula +volume to be slightly smaller than the device, then when +you are ready, you simply write the volume to the DVD by +using any standard DVD burning program. + Bacula allows you to specify that you want to write to DVD. However, this feature is implemented only in version 1.37 or later. You may in fact write to DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, or DVD-RW -- 2.39.5