CD Burning

• cdrecord -scanbus to find out the SCSI ID X,Y,Z of your burner (usually 0,0,0)
• cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 blank=fast to fast blank a CD-RW
• cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 blank=all to thoroughly blank a CD-RW
• mkisofs -v -J -r -o mysrcdir.iso mysrcdir to create an ISO image of all files in directory mysrcdir
• mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop mysrcdir.iso /mnt/cdrom to check that the ISO image is OK before burning
• mkisofs -v dev=0,0,0 speed=10 -data mysrcdir.iso to burn ISO image at 10x speed
• cdrecord -dummy ... will do a dummy write for testing
• cdrecord driveropts=burnproof will turn on 'burnproof' settings
• mkisofs -v -J -r . | cdrecord -v driveropts=burnproof speed=10 dev=0,0,0 - will avoid creating an intermediate ISO image
• mount /mnt/cdrom to mount the CD
• cdrecord -v speed=10 dev=0,0,0 -pad -audio *.wav will burn an audio CD of .wav files