cd burning on slackware

chaos111 · 02-23-2006, 04:53 AM

as you all can see i am new with slack. how do I burn a cd under slackware? thx again.

gbonvehi · 02-23-2006, 05:06 AM

In the same way you'd on other Linux distributions, cdrecord, k3b, xcdroast, gcombust and the list goes on... you can even get Nero for Linux if you have a valid license for it.

An outdated guide: http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCDBurn.html

You'll probably find it easier to get k3b from extra/ (it's on CD 3 if i'm not wrong, you can get it from http://slackware.it/en/pb/ too).

mjjzf · 02-23-2006, 06:11 AM

K3B is the best, but it requires a lot of KDE. If you install Dropline or Freerock Gnome, consider Graveman. It is very nice to work with.

Bjerrk · 02-23-2006, 08:17 AM

Aye, Graveman sure _looks_ nice, but K3B works.

I remeber, OSourceDiplomat, when you were to burn a slackware DVD for me. Graveman didn't really burn the DVD, but K3b had no problem doing just that.

perfect_circle · 02-23-2006, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos111

as you all can see i am new with slack. how do I burn a cd under slackware? thx again.

Try K3B. It's in slackware, but it is in the /extra directory.
The third CD.

If you only have the 2 first cd's just pick a slackware mirror and dowload the file:

k3b-<version>-i486-1.tgz

you install it with the installpkg command

uglydot · 02-23-2006, 08:59 AM

You will also want to make sure you install the various cd/dvd utilites such as cdrecord and cdrdao or it will yell at you and stuff won't work.

rkrishna · 02-24-2006, 12:24 AM

before doing all this do as root
#cdrecord -scanbus (cdrecord must be installed

)
and see, do the same with user accound also..
just to know ur device is configured or not, if not many threads are here
(i think k3b will do the job)

MX_Unforgiven · 02-24-2006, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OSourceDiplomat

K3B is the best, but it requires a lot of KDE. If you install Dropline or Freerock Gnome, consider Graveman. It is very nice to work with.

when i was trying to burn CD with graveman i found it's not able to burn DVD. Am i right?

2 author: man mkisofs, man cdrecord, man growisofs

satinet · 02-24-2006, 04:48 AM

what about Gnmoe baker?

kite · 02-24-2006, 08:48 AM

Or use http://Bashburn.sourceforge.net which is a command line interactive script to make CD burning a piece of cake.

k3b? Should I install all that KDE things to use it? If you happen to be under KDE, it is a good choice. Gaveman? Since I am under gnome, I tried it but it failed to detect my external USB drive. Perhaps my wrong configuration.

Old_Fogie · 03-25-2006, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbonvehi

You'll probably find it easier to get k3b from extra/ (it's on CD 3

This helped me out. Thank you for posting.

ctos · 03-25-2006, 05:30 PM

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop and I found that K3b had an odd effect on the CDRW, making it race. No doubt there is something amiss in my configuration somewhere. But, I found the following simple strategy:

Code:

cdrecord -v -dev=ATAPI:0,0 -speed=8 foo.iso

Then I leave the computer alone until it finishes. That makes a bootable CD too if that's what the iso itself is. In any case such a command can get you running, and you can figure out about the GUIs later.

darkhatter · 03-25-2006, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kite

k3b? Should I install all that KDE things to use it? If you happen to be under KDE, it is a good choice. Gaveman? Since I am under gnome, I tried it but it failed to detect my external USB drive. Perhaps my wrong configuration.

yes you should, k3b is that good

P.S. you don't need to install the full kde just the base and the libs, and then you can run k3b in anything you want gnome, xfce, blackbox, etc

wchild · 03-28-2006, 05:03 AM

Read the CD-Writing HOWTO

Rojon · 03-29-2006, 04:32 AM

You might be able to take a couple of tips from one of my posts a while back:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=352869

Hope that helps a little