Open Source Desktop Environment: Audio CD Burning

Audio CD Burning

# su -
# cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 ???

Make an ISO file system

# mkisofs -J -r -o cdimage.iso mydirectory

CD Burning

# su -
# cdrecord -sao dev=ATA:1,0,0 cdimage.iso

CD/RW Burning

Blank media

# su -
# cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 blank=fast [options blank=all & speed=yourspeed]

At default (highest) speed

# su -
# cdrecord -sao dev=ATA:1,0,0 blank=fast cdimage.iso

at a speed of your choice

# su -
cdrecord -sao dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=16 cdimage.iso

DVD Burning

Single session (closed)

# su -
# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdwriter=dvdimage.iso [additional options --use-the-force-luke=dao]

Multi session (open)

# su -
# growisofs -Z /dev/dvdwriter=dvdimage.iso
# growisofs -M /dev/dvdwriter additionaldata

Turning Bootable floppies into Bootable CDs using dd, mkisofs & cdrecord

# mkdir -p mybootablecd/boot
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=mybootablecd/boot/floppy.img bs=10k count=144
# mkisofs -b boot/floppy.img -o mybootablecd.iso mybootablecd/

Then run cdrecord or growisofs as above

Many thanks to
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/cd-roms.html∞
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/floppy_image_on_cd.htm∞
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html∞

Mega thanks to
http://www.linuxmanagers.org/pipermail/linuxmanagers/2002-September/000695.html∞ for highlighting that the -b image (boot/floppy.img) needs to be relative to the mybootablecd directory and thereby solving the "mkisofs: Uh oh, I cant find the boot image" error.