CD-Writing HOWTO

Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Copyright, license and terms of usage
• 1.2 Suggested readings
• 1.3 Terminology ... lasers at maximum ... fire!
• 1.4 Supported CD-Writers
• 1.5 Supported "features"
• 1.6 Mailinglists
• 1.7 Availability

2. Setup Linux-system for writing CD-ROMs

• 2.1 Set up the Linux-kernel
• 2.2 Hardware and devicefiles
• 2.3 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. Frequently asked questions with answers

• 4.1 "How sensitive is the burning process?"
• 4.2 "Has 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?"
• 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 somehow?"
• 4.13 "Is it possible to use several writers at once?"
• 4.14 "Which media is the best?"

5. Troubleshooting

• 5.1 It doesn't work: under Linux
• 5.2 Error-message: No read access for 'dev=2,0'.
• 5.3 It doesn't work: under DOS and friends
• 5.4 SCSI errors during the burning phase

6. Credits