read access to a dvd drive:
mkdir /mnt/dvdwr
mount /dev/dvdrw /mnt/dvdrw
k3b is the best blu-ray burning software, lot of KDE dependencies (brasero gnome's default was buggy - failed with unknown error)
apt-get update apt-get install k3b
that's it!
growisofs is a front-end to mkisofs!
mkisofs -o test.iso -Jrv -V test_disk /home/carla/
-o names the new .iso image file (test.iso) -J uses Joliet naming records, for Windows compatibility -r uses Rock Ridge naming conventions for UNIX/Linux compatibility, and makes all files publicly readable -v sets verbose mode, for a running commentary as the image is created -V provides a volume ID (test_disk); this is the disk name that shows up in Windows Explorer Last in the list are the files selected for packaging into the .iso (everything in /home/carla/)
mkdir /mnt/test_iso mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 test.iso /mnt/test_iso
cdrecord -scanbus
this should tell you where your DVD burner is located e.g.
scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVD-RAM GH40L ' 'LA00' Removable CD-ROM
cdrecord -eject //will push the tray out, nice!
cdrecord -v -eject dev=1,0,0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso
Above will default to speed in global settings or max drive speed BUT it also defaults to TAO (tracks at once) which is generally bad (unless you have a specific reason that you need gaps?)
cdrecord -v -eject -dao dev=1,0,0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso
This gives you a 10 second count down to chicken out... and then you're burning at 17x!
start at 16:21 with 4.3GB iso... finished before 16:31 (wasn't looking)
cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,1,0 test.iso
-v is verbose -eject ejects the disk when finished -speed specifies write speed (8) -dev is the device number (0,1,0) obtained from cdrecord -scanbus Last is the name of the image being burned (test.iso)
To directly copy from the source disk to the recordable disk (but can cause errors!)
cdrecord -v dev=0,1,0 speed=4 -isosize /dev/scd0
the contents of the CD-ROM, /dev/scd0, to the CD recorder, dev=0,1,0.
IT'S BETTER to copy the contents to a the hard drive and then burn
mount /cdrom $ dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/tmp/diskfile.iso $ cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=8 fs=8m -v -eject -dummy /tmp/diskfile.iso
mkisofs -r -o /tmp/var-www-disk1.iso /var/www
dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd