On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:09:20AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:07, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > In order to write files to a burner I issue the following command: > > mkisofs -R -J /directory/with/files | cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -v - > > > > However, I can't figure out how to issue the command to write an *iso > > image to a writable CD. Can anyone help me? > > You could always read the man pages for mkisofs and cdrecord. :-P > > To create a CD image using mkisofs, add the -o option > (example: mkisofs -R -J -o cdimage.iso /directory) > > To write a CD image using cdrecord, just specify the file name > (example: cdrecord -dev=0,0,0 -v- cdimage.iso) > > I'm not too sure how reliable it is to use a pipe between the two; I > would be worried that using a pipe would make a buffer underrun more > likely. It works fairly well; I have a P3-450, and I can burn at 8x (the highest speed my burner supports) quite easily with a pipe. I usually crank up cdrecord's FIFO size to 16m (fs=16m) though, because I'm a cheap bastard and don't want to risk making a coaster :) -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> http://ertius.org/
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