CD/DVD writer

Chris Carlson cwcarlson at cox.net
Tue Jun 17 06:04:20 UTC 2008


Just wanted you to know, doing it manually worked just great!  I guess 
with F9 we use mkisofs followed by wodim, but I created a CD without issue.

Thanks a lot for the info.

Chris

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Chris Carlson wrote:
>> I'm using Fedora 9 on a "AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor 
>> BE-2350".  The system (an eMachines computer) came with a CD/DVD 
>> read/write drive (Optiarc  Model: DVD RW AD-7200A  Rev: 1.W1).  When 
>> I load a blank DVD-R in the drive, an icon appears that tells me I've 
>> got a blank DVD in the drive.  I double-click the icon, and CD/DVD 
>> Creator pops up.  I drag/drop files into the window and then tell it 
>> to "Write to Disc".  It thinks for a while, then pops up a little 
>> window with the very clear and informative message, "Error!"  I can 
>> find no information on what the error is or what I can do about it.
>>
> You are going through multiple layers of voodoo here to put a GUI 
> interface on burning, which also seems to hide what's really going on. 
> If you want to actually run the commands and see what error messages 
> they produce, you will probably see the problem.
>
> To create an ISO image suitable for burning:
>   mkisofs -o /tmp/test.iso -RU some_one_GB_directory
>   growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/tmp/test.iso
>
> The first command should create an image ready to burn, and the second 
> should do the burn.
>
> Report back.
>




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