On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:46:42 -0500 Chinook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Take a look at cdrecord (man page). I'm using Gnome, but use Terminal > for most things. I have also created a bootable system image on DVD Another data point - I found at least in my experience that growisofs is much simpler to use (and even works) compared to trying to get cdrecord to write to dvd media. At least that is what I experienced when I brought my (then) brand new dual-mode writer home and plugged it in. K3B has been unusable for me for a very long time. I simply just use 1) cdrecord (for music and cd-rom isos) 2) cdrdao if I need to burn vcd's 3) growisofs for dvd's Of the three, cdrdao is more perplexing because I have to remember the options each time - or simply use cdr (ctrl-R) in bash to bring up the options from the last time I used it. I don't use cdrdao very much. Recording/mastering music CDs with cdrecord is nearly as easy as mastering ISO images for me, and all I need to do is pass the options (-audio -pad) followed by a number of wav files on the command line. For data isos from files, though, I find drag & drop a little easier to use (using gcombust mostly) since I've found it difficult in the past to place a number of files onto a cdrom image using mkisofs (*especially* if there are multiple subdirectories involved). Mastering a dvd from data files also is possible - but dependent on mkisofs - still that irksome issue in trying to make an image from (for instance) /home, with a ton of directories and files to look at. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the variant options of mkisofs. k3b or gcombust would be useful here, if they could be used for dvd images, and I don't see why not, if they can skip the actual step of burning the ISO (leave that process to cdrecord or growisofs). Since I got the unit, I haven't really tried doing that except for backup purposes - and then I used mindi/mondo a few times. > Lee C -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
