Burning files to CD

oneandoneis2 · 07-06-2005, 07:48 AM

I've burned plenty of ISOs, but thanks to USB flash disks, I've never had to try and put individual files onto CD.

So, I just want to check: Am I right in thinking that burning files to a CD involves using mkisofs to create an ISO, and then using cdrecord to burn the ISO as usual? Or is there more/less to it that I'm missing?

priller · 07-06-2005, 07:53 AM

Yep your right.

homey · 07-06-2005, 08:01 AM

Yes, you need to use mkisofs. Here are some notes on that, dots and dashes are important in these examples.

Create an iso image: mkisofs -R -J -hide-rr-moved -o /home/myfiles.iso .

Deterimine what is the cdrom device: cdrecord --scanbus

Burn iso files: cdrecord -v dev=ATA:1,0,0 <data filename>.iso

You can also pipe the output of mkisofs directly to cdrecord....
cd /mnt/tech
mkisofs -R -J . | cdrecord -v dev=ATA:1,0,0 -eject -data -

Using -graft-points to create the parent directory on the cdrom....
cd /mnt/tech
mkisofs -R -J -hide-rr-moved -graft-points "/aclinux=./aclinux" | \
cdrecord -v dev=ATA:1,0,0 -eject -data -

oneandoneis2 · 07-06-2005, 08:40 AM

Quote:

You can also pipe the output of mkisofs directly to cdrecord

Nah - at least for the first few times, I'll be wanting to mount the iso and check the contents are correct before I get cdrecord involved

Cheers!