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CD-Writing HOWTO
Winfried Trümper
<winni@xpilot.org>
v2.9.3, 23 July 2000
This document explains how to write CD-ROMs under Linux.
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 being root?
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 If cdrecord reports medium errors in the form of "Sense Key: ... Medium Error, Segment ...", then the medium is not empty. If you use CD-RW, then try to switch from blank=fast to the more reliable blank=all. If you use CD-R only, then make sure the CD-R has never seen a CD-writer before or try out discs from another manufacturer.
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
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