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1. Insure mkisofs is installed

   rpm -Uvh mkisofs-1.10.11.i386.rpm
   

2. Make an ISO

   #I'm actually making two, the contents are in dirs iso1/ and iso2/
   cd iso1
   mkisofs -A Human_Genome1 -f -J -r -V HG1  -o ../hg1.iso .
   cd ../iso2
   mkisofs -A Human_Genome2 -f -J -r -V HG2  -o ../hg2.iso .
   cd ..
   

3. Burn the CD.

   #figure out the device to use
   [root@tiger tmp]# cdrecord -scanbus
   Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
   Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
   Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
   scsibus0:
   	0,0,0	  0) '        ' 'USB Card Reader ' '1.06' Removable Disk
   	0,1,0	  1) *
   	0,2,0	  2) *
   	0,3,0	  3) *
   	0,4,0	  4) *
   	0,5,0	  5) *
   	0,6,0	  6) *
   	0,7,0	  7) *
   scsibus1:
   	1,0,0	100) 'TOSHIBA ' 'DVD-ROM SD-R2002' '1D26' Removable CD-ROM
   	1,1,0	101) *
   	1,2,0	102) *
   	1,3,0	103) *
   	1,4,0	104) *
   	1,5,0	105) *
   	1,6,0	106) *
   	1,7,0	107) *
   
   #so my device is 1,0,0
   #put cd into drive first :-)
   
   [root@tiger tmp]# cdrecord fs=12m speed=4 -dev=1,0,0 hg1.iso
   Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
   scsidev: '1,0,0'
   scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
   Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
   Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
   Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
   Version        : 0
   Response Format: 2
   Capabilities   : 
   Vendor_info    : 'TOSHIBA '
   Identifikation : 'DVD-ROM SD-R2002'
   Revision       : '1D26'
   Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
   Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
   Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
   Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session.
   Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
   Then my computer reset .. but the write seemed to work.
   [root@tiger tmp]# cdrecord fs=12m speed=4 -dev=1,0,0 hg2.iso
   

4. Test it

   [root@tiger tmp]# mount /dev/cdrom
   [root@tiger tmp]# cd /mnt/cdrom
   [root@tiger tmp]# ls
   [root@tiger tmp]# cd /
   [root@tiger tmp]# umount /dev/cdrom
   

Links

• www.cs.wisc.edu/csl/doc/howto/cd_writer/desktop_cdwriter/ - WISC CSL doc tree - local copy

Last Change: Monday, 10-Jan-2005 07:43:35 EST

Disclaimer

The information provided within these pages is provided AS IS, and without any warranty. Following these directions may (but not limited to) crash your computer, delete all the information on your hard disk, open up security holes or cause your house to burn down. I made these pages to provide some information about the setup that I have done, but I did not proofread it for correctness, and in most cases did not test it. There are commands in these pages that would definately delete or corrupt all the data on your computer (especially the dualboot section). In fact it happened to me.... So you are on your own!