February 04, 2005

Burning an iso should be easier in linux

Tried a couple of times to burn an iso in Gnome Toaster - but each time it appeared as file.iso - not the way I wanted it.

Why can't I just click on the iso and it ask me if I would like to burn it or mount it?

Anyway the easiest way is on the command line

The first step in using cdrecord, is to find the address of your CDR-RW device.
Enter the following command:
$ cdrecord -scanbus

you get something like this
0,2,0 0) 'CD-RW ' 'CDR-5W48 ' 'VSG3' Removable CD-ROM

test run with:
$ cdrecord -eject -dummy dev=0,2,0 -v warty_4.1.iso

To burn this to a CD, I enter the command:
$ cdrecord dev=0,2,0 -v warty_4.1.iso

Or
$ cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,2,0 warty_4.1.iso
where -v is verbose
speed=2 (I specify a slower speed so I don't get so many errors).


Mount the iso file in the /mnt/temp directory:
# mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 ./myiso.iso /mnt/temp

Why can't nautilus and kde do this automatically (perhaps they can in newer versions).

Posted by Anthony at February 4, 2005 11:09 AM | TrackBack