There are numerous GUI wrappers for the following utilities, but sometimes you want to use the command line options. If you are looking for one of those wrappers, try ?NautilusCdBurner, etc.

Make an ISO

{{{cd iso1 mkisofs -A Human_Genome1 -f -J -r -V HG1 -o ../filename.iso}}}

Burn the CD

Figure out the device to use with {{{wodim --devices }}} then burn with, e.g. {{{wodim dev=/dev/hda -v -tao filename.iso }}}

Older systems had cdrecord instead of wodim; for those use the scanbus option and then use the info (the three numbers) to burn: {{{cdrecord -scanbus cdrecord fs=12m speed=4 -dev=x,y,z filename.iso}}}

If you're using an IDE drive under 2.4 (upgrade to 2.6, but in the meantime): {{{cdrecord dev=ATAPI =scanbus cdrecord fs=12m speed=4 -dev=ATAPI:x,y,z filename.iso}}} where x,y,z is the three numbers separated by columns listed when you use scanbus.

Test it

{{{mount /dev/cdrom cd /mnt/cdrom ls cd / umount /dev/cdrom}}}

== Copying directly from one CD to another ===

{{{cdrecord -v dev=3,0,0 -isosize /dev/cdrom }}}

See also: