CD/DVD writer
Chris Carlson
cwcarlson at cox.net
Mon Jun 16 14:09:10 UTC 2008
Great info, thanks. I wondered what exactly was going on under the covers.
I'll try this out this evening after work.
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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