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Questions tagged [data-cd]
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How can I mount a block device from one computer to another via the network as a block device?
Is it possible to export a block device such as a DVD or CDROM and make it so that it's mountable on another computer as a block device?
NOTE: I'm not interested in doing this using NFS or Samba, I actually want the optical drive to show up as a…
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How can I convert a .cue / .bin ( with cdr tracks) image into a single .iso file?
How can I convert a .cue / .bin (cdr track) image into a single .iso file?
I have
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Linux 3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jan 13 16:37:42 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Calculate md5sum of a CD/DVD
I have an ISO file, which I burned to a CD. Now how can I check if the CD is correctly created? I would like a command that calculate the hash sum that I can use to check with the hash sum I calculate on the ISO file. Ideally the command…
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Is it possible to insert a physical CD into a VirtualBox machine?
I have CDs for Age of Empire III and I would like to play it in a Windows 10 VM. Is this possible? I know how to insert virtual CDs (i.e., ISO files) into a VirtualBox VM (via the "Storage" settings), but physical CDs are a different story. The best…
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Is there a CD/DVD disk reading test tool for Linux?
When I was using DOS and Windows I've seen quite a selection of tools to check optical disks for readability and benchmark an optical drive itself. Most of them were even visualising the results in form of a pretty chart.
Are there any such for…
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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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Determining a CD-R(W)'s capacity
I've seen various questions asked (and answered) regarding how to detect the size of various media on a GNU/Linux system, and in particular how much space has been used on an optical drive. But is there anything I can do to detect the capacity of a…
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How can I disable the button of my CD/DVD drive?
Up until Fedora 14 I was successfully using cdctl to enable/disable the CD/DVD eject button on my laptop (Thinkpad T410). Sadly it has stopped working now.
I've consulted the methods discussed in these 2 questions:
disable cd/dvd button on linux…
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How to mount iso9660 filesystem as read write
Hey my iso file won't accept device files so I was wondering how I could mount a cdrw with an iso9660 filesystem as read write to copy device files to the cdrw.
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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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Removing Debian Installation Prompt
I attempted to install Debian through a CD, with the initial .exe working fine. However, when I rebooted and went through the installation procedure, my system could not tell that there was a disk there (or the media was unreadable). Now whenever I…
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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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Create a Random ISO Image Using dd
I would like to create a ISO file for testing optical drives with the method mentioned here. I want to create an ISO file filled with random data, so I can burn it to a CD, read it back and compare with the original ISO. I think the command bellow…
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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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Lock CD/DVD drive (prevent eject)
On my laptop the eject button for the CD/DVD drive is placed in a very
unfortunate position and I hit it a dozen times per day and the tray pops out.
I found many solutions which seemed to work for other people:
From man eject:
-i on | 1 | off | 0 …
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