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Table of contents ; INVALID LISP CODE Burning CDs Burning DVDs Other notes

Burning CDs

Iso Image

mkisofs -J -R -V DISC_NAME -o IMAGE_NAME DIRECTORY

Creates an image from the given directory. R and J specify long filenames for UNIX and Windows. V is used for setting the disc name.

Check Iso

Do this as root:

mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro IMAGE_NAME DIRECTORY

This mounts the image file on the given directory. Nice for testing whether everything worked.

Burn Iso

Do this as root:

cdrecord -speed=SPEED -eject dev=ATA:n,n,n IMAGE_NAME

SPEED is the speed of your drive, eject will eject the cd after burning. To find out the device numbers (n,n,n) use:

cdrecord -scanbus -dev=ATA:

Burning DVDs

mkisofs -dvd-video -V DISC_NAME -o IMAGE_NAME DIRECTORY

Creates an image from the given directory. R and J specify long filenames for UNIX and Windows. V is used for setting the disc name.

Other notes

Using cdrecord on a 2.6.* kernel machine

Actually I don't know anything about how the kernel handles CD burning and I don't care too much. My tool bashburn just suddenly stopped working so I googled for a solution.

Checking for CD writers on a 2.6.* kernel system:

cdrecord -scanbus -dev=ATA:

The device is then later called ATA:1,0,0 or something similar.

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