Re: [MLUG] cdrecord

[Mark Haidekker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thursday 13 June 2002 12:24 pm, you wrote:
> I just installed cdrecord and mkisofs on my FreeBSD system so that I can
> record onto CD's.  But I find the man pages (and the cdrecord web page)
> somewhat cryptic, and I was wondering if anyone knows some user friendly
> guides to recording CD's under Linux/FreeBSD.
>
> Thanks, Stephen

Linux _is_ user friendly. It's just picky about its friends.

I have two standard command lines, and they serve me fine:

mkisofs -J -r -D -T -f -v -o toastme.iso <directory>

cdrecord -v toastme.iso

1) mkisofs

-J enables the joliet extension which you need for Windoze
-r enables the Rockwell extension

Both allow for long file names

-D disables "deep directory relocation", whatever that means

-T generates a translation table which translates the non-Rockwell non-Joliet 
names into the original ones (unimportant if you have -J -r on)

-f allows to follow symlinks

-v produces verbose output

-o specifies the output file

2) cdrecord

I have everything in cdrecord.conf (SCSI, speed etc) the rest is 
straightforward.

I have both parameter sets aliased.

Of course, the above does not cover bootable CDs.

Mark
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