CD/DVD writer

[Bill Davidsen]

Chris Carlson wrote:
> Just wanted you to know, doing it manually worked just great!  I guess 
> with F9 we use mkisofs followed by wodim, but I created a CD without issue.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the info.
> 
I'm happy that this worked, but my intention was to see where it was 
failing. ;-)

In any case you have a manual method to get it working, and as long as 
the error is in your GUI you can avoid it. Glad I could help.

> Chris
> 
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Chris Carlson wrote:
>>> I'm using Fedora 9 on a "AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor 
>>> BE-2350".  The system (an eMachines computer) came with a CD/DVD 
>>> read/write drive (Optiarc  Model: DVD RW AD-7200A  Rev: 1.W1).  When 
>>> I load a blank DVD-R in the drive, an icon appears that tells me I've 
>>> got a blank DVD in the drive.  I double-click the icon, and CD/DVD 
>>> Creator pops up.  I drag/drop files into the window and then tell it 
>>> to "Write to Disc".  It thinks for a while, then pops up a little 
>>> window with the very clear and informative message, "Error!"  I can 
>>> find no information on what the error is or what I can do about it.
>>>
>> You are going through multiple layers of voodoo here to put a GUI 
>> interface on burning, which also seems to hide what's really going on. 
>> If you want to actually run the commands and see what error messages 
>> they produce, you will probably see the problem.
>>
>> To create an ISO image suitable for burning:
>>   mkisofs -o /tmp/test.iso -RU some_one_GB_directory
>>   growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/tmp/test.iso
>>
>> The first command should create an image ready to burn, and the second 
>> should do the burn.
>>
>> Report back.
>>
> 


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