CD-Writing HOWTO

Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Copyright, license and terms of usage
• 1.2 Availability
• 1.3 Suggested readings
• 1.4 Terminology ... lasers at maximum ... fire!
• 1.5 Supported CD-writers
• 1.6 Supported "features"
• 1.7 Mailing Lists

2. Setup the Linux-system for writing CD-ROMs

• 2.1 Quickstart
• 2.2 Get the user software for burning CD-Rs

3. Burning CD-Rs

• 3.1 Writing CD-ROMs (pure data)
• 3.2 Writing audio CDs
• 3.3 Mixed mode CD-ROMs

4. Dear Winfried,...

• 4.1 How sensitive is the burning process?
• 4.2 Has file fragmentation a bad impact on the throughput?
• 4.3 Is it possible to store the CD-image on an UMSDOS-filesystem?
• 4.4 Isn't there some way to get around the ISO-9660 limitations?
• 4.5 How to read the tracks from audio CDs?
• 4.6 How to probe for SCSI devices after boot?
• 4.7 Is it possible to make a 1:1 copy of a data CD?
• 4.8 Can Linux read Joliet CD-ROMs? (obsolete answer)
• 4.9 How do I read/mount CD-ROMs with the CD-writer?
• 4.10 How to put even more data on the CD-R?
• 4.11 How to make bootable CD-ROMs?
• 4.12 How to make CD-ROMs writable like a hard disk?
• 4.13 Is it possible to use several writers at once?
• 4.14 What about Solaris, *BSD, AIX, HP-UX, etc.? Is my variant of Unix supported?
• 4.15 Where to store the local configuration permanently?
• 4.16 How can the CD-info be retrieved?
• 4.17 What about re-writing
• 4.18 How to create a multi-session CD?
• 4.19 Should I use the SCSI adapter shipped with the writer?
• 4.20 How to burn over the network?
• 4.21 I hear a crack or click sound at the end of the each track.
• 4.22 How can this be set up so that a user can burn CDs instead of always
• 4.23 Where do I get the "Yellow Book" and "Orange Book" standards?
• 4.24 I've been searching for information on burning Video-CD under Linux.
• 4.25 Which is easier to set up, IDE or SCSI?
• 4.26 How can I overburn a CD using {cdrecord,cdrdao}?
• 4.27 What will cdrecord do when it stops getting input from the pipe?
• 4.28 Is there an equivalent to ignore=hdX for the ide-scsi emulation?
• 4.29 How many times can you re-use CD-RW before they become faulty?
• 4.30 Which format to choose for a platform independant CD-ROM?
• 4.31 Is multi-session for audio tracks possible?
• 4.32 What hardware resources do I need? Is an old Pentium enough?

5. Troubleshooting

• 5.1 It doesn't work: under Linux
• 5.2 Error-message: No read access for 'dev=0,6,0'.
• 5.3 It doesn't work: under DOS and friends
• 5.4 SCSI errors during the burning phase
• 5.5 Medium errors
• 5.6 Newly written CDs are not readable on some players.
• 5.7 My scanner stopped working after I loaded the ide-scsi module

6. Credits