Questions tagged [burning]
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How to burn iso image to DVD using dd command
I was looking at the command to burn iso image to a dvd. But I couldnt get the name of the device. In the /dev/ I could see cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw. I am using debian.
When I gave the command, I got the following output
dd…
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How to verify a CD against an ISO image?
I've got a physical burnt CD and the original ISO image of it. No reference checksum files were provided for the CD contents. How do I check the actual CD is correct (corresponds to the original image) and fully readable?
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Splitting large directory tree into specified-size chunks?
I have a directory tree that I would like to back up to optical disks. Unfortunately, it exceeds the size of any one disk (it's about 60GB). I am looking for a script that would split this tree into appropriately sized chunks with hard links or…
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understanding "-dao", "-sao", "-tao" and "-raw" writing modes for wodim in practice
In wodim one can choose between many different writing modes like Disk At Once("-dao"), Session At Once("-sao"), Track At Once("-tao") or Raw writing mode("-raw"). As I understand, Track At Once writes one track at time while in SAO and DAO modes…
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How to create UDF images and burn them to DVD or CDROM?
Writing CDs with cdrecord and making images with genisoimage is no problem.
I want to write DVDs in a similar manner, first creating an image, then burning it to disk. This is quite beneficial, since I can inspect the image before burning it to…
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Burning a video file with non-standard aspect ratio to DVD
A standard Unixy command line approach to burning a video file to DVD is as follows (assuming)
# 1. First use ffmpeg to convert to an mpg file.
ffmpeg -i input.m4v -target ntsc-dvd output.mpg
# 2. now do the authoring
dvdauthor --title -o dvd -f…
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How to check why the cdrom cannot be open exclusively
Sometimes when I try to burn an ISO image, the message that "/dev/sr0" cannot be open exclusively appears. lsof does not shows any program that opens "/dev/sr0" (I checked for aliases too).
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How to download an ISO and directly create a bootable USB
How can I transfer an .iso file to an USB in parallel to the download of this file so that downloaded data gets directly on my USB without passing through my hard drive.
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Can't burn DVD -- incompatible format
I have been trying to burn a few ISOs lately with no success and have certainly used this hardware in the past, so I am not sure what's going on. I am using DVD-R media (tried multiple discs) which appears to be supported by my drive. Here is the…
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Failure Writing a Multi-Session Audio/Data CD w/ cdrdao
I'm trying to create a multi-session CD (CD-Extra), but hitting some errors with cdrdao. I'm following these steps.
The audio session of the CD finished successfully, but writing the data portion results with:
[valid=0] Info fld=0, Current
SCSI…
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How to burn an iso while downloading it
I'm in a real hurry so I thought there is a way to do that but I don't know how.
I thought about piping wget -c cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/utopic-desktop-amd64.iso | BurningApp but I don't know how either.
I usually use Unetbootin to…
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mkisofs can't find file
I'm trying to create a .iso file using mkisofs.
I have the following folders:
my OS
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|--src
|--bin
I used the following command:
mkisofs -R -input-charset utf8 -b bin/boot.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -o os.iso bin
the command was run from…
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Verify if a system has DVD burners?
Is it possible to verify if the system has a DVD burner installed? I need this for a script.
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How to burn an iso image from the command line
Is that possible to get an alternative to the command dd to burn an iso image including some options:
Detect the burning device , Burn an iso image and eject the CD from the command line?
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Burning iso to DVD - find device
I am trying to burn an iso-file to a DVD but I am new to this and cannot fully accomplish it.
I have the following iso:
myiso/myfirst.iso
and then I look up the device to burn to:
inxi -d
the followinig information is produced:
Drives: HDD…
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