There are a lot of guides out there on how to burn xbox360 backups under windows. Well I don't use windows.. and after wasting a lot of dual layer DVD's I though a post was in order.
Firstly to have a correct XGD3 backup you need a Lite-on burner with the iXtream BurnerMax firmware. Find that your self..
Secondly you should be running abgx360 on all your backups prior to burning them. They have a Linux version, make sure you have "xterm" installed to as it will use that for console output.
I wrote this small script that uses growisofs to burn xbox 360 backups to my Lite-on external burner. Usage is simple :
# ./xburn.sh xgd3 filename.iso
replace xgd3 with xgd2 depending on what your burning.
Edit the DVD variable to your dvd-rw device. Using this script and the below growisofs settings along side abgx360 i have had 100% success rate.
#!/bin/bash # # Version: 1.0.0 # Date: 20120225 # Author: undersys@undersys.net # function: burn xbox 360 games with the correct layer break # xgd2 layerbreak is 1913760, xgd3 is 2133520 # notes for growisfo :- # -use-the-force-luke=notray = don't reload tray # -use-the-force-luke=dao = burn disk at once # -use-the-force-luke=break = manual set layer break # Vars # Chage this to match the dvd-rw device DVD=/dev/sr0 DTYPE=$1 INAME=$2 # Functions function testargs { if [[ -z $DTYPE ]]; then echo You must specify a disk type echo EG: xgd3 or xgd2 exit fi if [[ -z $INAME ]]; then echo You must specify a iso file name echo EG: /tmp/backup-game.iso exit fi } function burn { if [[ $DTYPE == xgd3 ]]; then echo Burning $INAME as $DTYPE with layerbreak 2133520.. growisofs -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=break:2133520 -speed=1 -Z $DVD=$INAME echo Done! Ejecting.. eject $DVD else echo Burning $INAME as $DTYPE with layerbreak 1913760.. growisofs -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=dao -use-the-force-luke=break:1913760 -dvd-compat -speed=2 -Z $DVD=$INAME echo Done! Ejecting.. eject $DVD fi } # Main testargs burn # End