Burning from CLI?

carlosinfl · 11-30-2005, 01:17 PM

Can someone tell me if it is at all possible to burn files (data files) in Linux from the CLI? I have about 3GB's of data I would like to burn to disk (DVD-R) but do not have a GUI installed. I checked around online and was not able to get a definative answer.

Thanks for any help.

debianmike · 11-30-2005, 01:35 PM

http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ ???

carlosinfl · 11-30-2005, 01:48 PM

So it can't be done with out some kernel patch or some other crazy process?

Lokathor · 12-01-2005, 02:13 AM

well, for CDs there's cdrecord, which is what graphical programs use. For DVDs you can get the 'dvdrtools' package, which provides the dvdrecord program.

That link says dvdrecord doesn't work, but was written in 2004 and refrences a 2002 document, so perhaps it does work now. I'd like to think that debian stable has all of its packages in working order.

carlosinfl · 12-01-2005, 07:42 AM

How can I tell on my Debian system if "cdrecord" is installed?

I tried to "man cdrecord" and can't get any info.

Dead Parrot · 12-01-2005, 08:24 AM

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How can I tell on my Debian system if "cdrecord" is installed?

For any package, "dpkg -l any_package". To check if cdrecord is installed, "dpkg -l cdrecord". The output needs a bit of interpreting -- if the output begins with "ii", then the package is installed, else it's not.

carlosinfl · 12-01-2005, 08:36 AM

Seems to be not installed...

Code:

carlos@stricom:/$ dpkg -l cdrecord
No packages found matching cdrecord.

carlosinfl · 12-01-2005, 08:46 AM

I just ran the following install on my Debian machine...

Code:

stricom:~# apt-cache search cdrecord
arson - KDE frontend for burning CDs
cdcontrol - A parallel burner that allow you to write to one or more CD-Writers at once
cdrecord - command line CD writing tool
cdrtoaster - Tcl/Tk front-end for burning cdrom
cdrtools-doc - Documentation for the cdrtools package-suite
cdw - Tool for burning CD's - console version
cdw-common - Tool for burning CD's - common files
dvd+rw-tools - DVD+-RW/R tools
eroaster - The ECLiPt CD burning frontend
gcdw - Tool for burning CD's - graphical version
gcombust - GTK+ based CD mastering and burning program
gramofile - Transfer sound from gramophone records to CD
gtoaster - Gnome Toaster, a GUI for creating CDs
k3b - A sophisticated KDE CD burning application
k3b-i18n - Internationalized (i18n) files for k3b
k3blibs - The KDE cd burning application library - runtime files
k3blibs-dev - The KDE cd burning application library - development files
mkisofs - Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
stricom:~# apt-get install cdrecord dvd+rw-tools
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  mkisofs
Suggested packages:
  xcdroast cdrtools-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cdrecord dvd+rw-tools mkisofs
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded.
Need to get 1196kB of archives.
After unpacking 2793kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main cdrecord 4:2.01+01a03-3 [569kB]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main mkisofs 4:2.01+01a03-3 [518kB]
Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main dvd+rw-tools 5.21.4.10.8-4 [108kB]
Fetched 1196kB in 2s (421kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package cdrecord.
(Reading database ... 24464 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cdrecord (from .../cdrecord_4%3a2.01+01a03-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mkisofs.
Unpacking mkisofs (from .../mkisofs_4%3a2.01+01a03-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package dvd+rw-tools.
Unpacking dvd+rw-tools (from .../dvd+rw-tools_5.21.4.10.8-4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up cdrecord (2.01+01a03-3) ...

Setting up mkisofs (2.01+01a03-3) ...
Setting up dvd+rw-tools (5.21.4.10.8-4) ...