Hi folks,

FedoraCore2
cdrecord-2.01.1-0.FC2.1
mkisofs-2.01.1-0.FC2.1

Can "mkisofs" be piped directly to "cdrecord"
without creating an ISO file and burn it seperately.

Now I perform 2 separate commands

# mkisofs -R -o Image.iso -J -hide-rr-moved /path/to/files
# cdrecord dev=ATA:,0,00 -v -eject Image.iso

If YES, please advise how to make it.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Yes it can be done. In this example, I change to the images directory first and use the period ( . ) or you could use the full path. The dash ( - ) at the end of the statement is important. You don't have to use the Volume ( Vol ) part. And I don't think you really need the -multi part either.


cd /home/images

mkisofs -R -J -V "Vol1" . |\
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=ATA:0,0,0 -eject -multi -data -

Hi homey

Tks for your advice.

What will be following options/flags for

-multi and - (the final "-"
-V "Vol1"
If I understand the command correctly it still need to create an ISO image. I misunderstood that the step in creating the latter can be by-passed with pipe command similar to direct burning.

B.R.
satimis

Hi,

Nope! the output of mkisofs is piped directly to cdrecord.
Here is a less confusing and more compact way of doing it....
mkisofs -R -J . | cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=ATA:0,0,0 -eject -data -


-multi is for burning more than one session on the cdrom. That is used with the command: msinfo
For example ...

All images must have "-multi" used on all cdrecord sessions.
The first mkisofs session is generated as normal.
Later must have the track number ( -C # ) included when generated.
next = `cdrecord -msinfo dev=0,0,0`
echo "Next Track is $next"
mkisofs -R -J -o /home/myfiles.iso -C $next \
-M /dev/cdrom -V "Vol1" . |\
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -multi -data /home/myfiles.iso


-V Vol1 is used to put a volume label on the burn. I don't really feel much need to use that.

The dash ( - ) is used because you are not using an iso name.

Hi homey

Tks for your further advice.

where shall I put the options "-graft-point" and "-hide-rr-moved"

The ISO image is created from several directories retaining the name of the respective directory such as
/Dir-A/=/path/to/Dir-A/ (name of directory on CD = Dir-A)
/Dir-B/=/path/to/Dir-B/ (name of direcotry on CD = Dir-B)
etc.
aslo "rr" shall be removed from the image

How can I do that.

Could you please explain in more detail. When and where shall I use this section?

TIA

B.R.
satimis
The dash ( - ) is used because you are not using an iso name. [/B][/QUOTE]

I think you should look into K3b. It's quite user friendly. Otherwise, I got all that info by digging around in google and the man pages.

Hi homey,

Tks for your advice.

K3b is the front end of "cdrecord" and "growisofs". I have no problem using command lines on "cdrecord". I'm now preparing a bash script burning cd and am interested to learn more in particular direct burning.

Anyway thank again.

B.R.
satimis