how do I burn iso's and other files from my hd?

rajl · Apprentice Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 287

ok, so I have xcdroast installed right now, and it copies cd's fine. But I can't cd of files from my hard disk (eg backing up my mp3's) or create a cd from an iso image (eg gentoo live-cd) with it. Is xcdroast capable of doing either of these? If so, how would I do it? If not, what other programs are out there that I could use that could do this for me?
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Lovechild · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject:

uptill I discovered k3b I used :

cdrecord -scanbus
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=40 driveropts=burnfree -data /root/data.iso

(or something like that if memory serves me right I got it of the CD-WRITING HOW-TO on tldp.org)

compu-tom · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:47 pm Post subject:

I have there 2 scripts, one for creating the ISO image and one for the actual burning task. This is all I need to burn my MP3s and backups and it works quite fine.

Here they are (and they are really simple):
#1: mkiso <iso-output> <files and dirs>+

krusty_ar · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:49 pm Post subject:

if you search a little you will find a way of pipeing mkisofs (a tool for creating .iso files) to cdrecord and bur a cd "on the fly"

there are many apps that to me are a little more user-friendly than xcdroast (haven't tryed the latest versions): k3b gcombust.
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bud1979 · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:59 am Post subject:

with xcdroat do you have the iso images in the image folder you set up when you first launched xcdroast. Look in your settings when you first start it up and you will be able to see what folder it was. Then put the iso in there and when you try to make a cd with xcdroast go to write tracks. click on layout tracks and then the iso should be on the right side. click it , then add button then click accept track layout. this will move you back to the first tab then click write tracks. this will burn the iso. IF you want to back up mp3's go to master track button on left, add tracks to the first tab, find the directories of the songs and add them then go the the last tab create session image and click on master to image file. Then you have to burn it like the iso image. It will be kept in the same directory. Hope this helps

eNTi · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:32 pm Post subject:

i use simplecdrx for iso burning.
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rajl · Apprentice Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 287

thanks for the help guys...i appreciate it
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