cdrecord not working

anindyanuri · 07-31-2005, 09:35 AM

Using FC3

I want to copy a .tar file to my CD-RW disc. I am using LG 32X 10X 40X ATAPI device.

I logged in terminal as root (with su)

using the following command

Code:

cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 --speed=4 --multi file.tar

I can see that burning light (green light for indication of burning) is on and it is writing something but after finishing I cannot find the required .tar file in the disc. I tried four times and all the times --multi option was on and I could able to see that cdrecord recognize the previous session and I am getting Track1, Track2, Track3 etc. each time I tried but never find the required file to the disc.

What is wrong with my command?

Regards

Hammett · 07-31-2005, 10:53 AM

cdrecord only records to disk ISO files. Cdrecord understands the file you're giving to him as an ISO file, that's why you don't have it when burning is done. You first have to make an ISO file of the file(s) you want to burn.

As this is quite boring/complicated to do, a friend of mine did a small script that does the ISO and burning "on the fly". Here it goes:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# grabacion de cds iso

export CDR_DEVICE=/dev/hdc
export CDR_SPEED=52
export CDR_FIFOSIZE=51m

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
  echo -e "Used mode: `basename $0` [-s] <path to burn>\n"
  exit 1
fi

if [ "$1" = "-o" ]; then
  OVER="-overburn -dao"
  shift
fi

if [ "$1" = "-d" ]; then
  DUMMY="-dummy"
  shift
fi

[ "$1" != "-" ] && SIZE=`mkisofs -f -J -q -print-size "$@"`

echo Burning on dev $CDR_DEVICE a ${CDR_SPEED}X

if [ "$SIZE" ] ; then
  mkisofs -quiet -f -J "$@" | cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -tao speed=52 driveropts=burnfree -v $DUMMY $OVER tsize="$SIZE"s -
else
  cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -tao speed=52 driveropts=burnfree -v -
fi

exit 0

Please make any needed changes to fit your burner (mine is hdc, but your can be hdd or something else)

Hope it helps

anindyanuri · 07-31-2005, 11:56 AM

Thank you for this help with providing the shell script.

Regards
Anindyanuri