SoloCDM said: > Is it possible to use dd to burn a CD without using cdrecord? > Does an iso need to be made first when using dd? What would the > dd syntax be to go from the directory to the CD or from the iso to the CD, > whichever is the most appropriate?
I'd be shocked if dd could burn CDs. The software has to put the CD drive in write mode, and CDs usually have to be burnt in a special way, dd would provide no error correction or detection, even if it is possible it would be a REALLY bad way to burn a CD. Given that even cdrecord only works with certain drives makes me think that it is even less likely that you could ever successfully record a CD using dd(even if you could convince the drive to write the data). I use xcdroast myself for most things, its a front end to mkisofs and cdrecord. though redhat's default setup of xcdroast is pretty stupid, I overrode the configuration with XCDRoast's non-root configuration and call /usr/sbin/xcdroast directly. I don't run X on my redhat box so I tunnel xcdroast over ssh to my debian machine(s) to display on their X server(the CDR on my redhat box is much easier to reach then the one on my debian system). If you use XCDRoast and want to use the real non-root setup, there is a readme for it in /usr/share/doc which describes the process, pretty simple. Though an upgrade would probably undo it unfortunately(I do the same on SuSE and anytime xcdroast or cdrecord or mkisofs is upgraded my changes are undone($@#!#$). Luckily on debian systems it asks you if you want to turn on non-root access and it makes the changes and preserves them accross upgrades. Redhat's default setup prompts for the root password when loading xcdroast(last I checked, and I only have redhat 7.3 never tried 8) nate -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
