Fireburner is the best in my opinion.
Try it, you will all like it, it burns everything, Bin, Cue, ISO, everything else you want to burn it comes with a nice GUI
The demo only supports test burning, so get/buy the full version from somewere.

you should do your experimenting with a cdrw.
that way you can try everything you want.

you can mount the iso image to see if its ok
mkdir cdimage
mount -o loop /pathtoimage /cdimage
cd /cdimage
ls

other stuff to play with


cat /dev/cdrom | cdrecord -v speed=100 dev=0,0,0 -
or
dd if=/dev/cdrom | cdrecord -v speed=100 dev=0,0,0 -
or
dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=1M | cdrecord -v speed=100 dev=0,0,0 -
or for some fun cheap buffers
dd if=/dev/cdrom | dd bs=10M | dd bs=10M | dd bs=10M | cdrecord -v speed=100 dev=0,0,0 -
or if you have a big pile of ram
dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=800M | cdrecord speed=100 dev=0,0,0 -


most programs that burn files on the fly pipe
a line from mkisofs through cdrecord
like mkisofs --options /stuff | cdrecord --options

As for possibilities of why it didn't turn out, check the size. You cannot fit a +650mb file on a less than 651MB disc (meaning you'll need a 700mb disc).

Using xcdroast:

You'll first (as root) need to setup the configuration, using the setup button.

Then click the create CD button.

Click the tab, "master tracks"

In the right pane, select the files you want to burn.

At the top of the screen, make sure your drive is the correct drive.

In the Master Tracks tab, click the other tabs, make the desired changes, then click create session/image

Check "pad tracks" then either burn on the fly (not recommended) or master to image file.

That should be it...

Cool

I tried this and here is what happened...

[root@localhost Downloads]# cdrecord dev=1,0,0 speed=24 -v -eject update3.iso
cdrecord: No write mode specified.
cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults.
cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '1,0,0'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
cdrecord: No such device or address. Cannot open '/dev/sg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

So I ran the cdrecord -scanbus and this is what comes back...

[root@localhost Downloads]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
scsidev: 'ATA'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'Memorex ' '52MAXX 2452AJ ' '6WS5' Removable CD-ROM
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) *

Am I not using the command properly?

When I try using the gui interface for cdrecord I get this error message....

cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.
cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
SCSI buffer size: 64512
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
devname: '/dev/hdc'
scsidev: '/dev/hdc'
cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority().
cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler
cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2).
cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults.
cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
cdrecord: No write mode specified.

you can try -dao mode at the command line if you want. you can use atapi mode it looks like. dev=ATAPI:1,0,0
cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 speed=24 -v -dao -eject update3.iso

If you're running kernel 2.6, that you were not using the command correctly. You need to use device name instead of the numbers. If your CD-RW is /dev/hdd, you need to use:

cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd speed=24 -v -eject update3.iso

Try it out ..

That worked like a charm...
Thanks
Ravager