[ale] CDRW on Linux

[Geoffrey]

Robert Heaven wrote:
> Well, necessity is the mother of man pages. I finally started reading
> the man pages for mkisofs and cdrecord and managed to burn a generic
> copy of my /home/robert/ files. Now all I have to do is figure out all
> the right extensions for these commands. If anyone has a favorite set of
> extensions please post them.


cdrecord -v speed=$DRIVESPEED dev=N,N,N  isofile.iso

To determine the proper dev values above try cdrecord --scanbus

Also, if you have a generic cd and you don't know the max writing speed, 
try: cdrecord -atip

Note, you've got to take into consideration both the writing speed of 
the drive and the speed capability of the cd media, typically speed= 
will represent the smaller of both.

mkisofs -T -l -r -o isofile.iso <directory(s) you want to archive>

> 
> -Robert
> 
> On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 09:12, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>mkisofs and cdrecord are the command line tools for this effort.  That's 
>>what I use.  There are gui tools like cdroast, although I've never used 
>>them.
>>
>>Robert Heaven wrote:
>>
>>>I have a Yamaha CDRW that I've never really tried to use with Linux and
>>>was wondering if there are any tools for it. I would like to use it as a
>>>backup medium.
>>>
>>>I've already tried fdisk but it won't talk to it. (/dev/scd0)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>-- 
>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>
>>I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
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>>
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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