[wplug] Using cdrecord

[Brian Medley]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:12:10PM -0400, Michael Procario wrote:

> I use my CD writer for backup. It is not optimum but it works. I have
> used xcdroast to do it but it is labor intensive. I am trying to write
> a script to it. I have used mkisofs to make the image of what I
> want to back up. I have mounted the image that I made using loopback
> and it looks good. 
> 
> I now want to burn the cd using cdrecord which I believe is what
> actually does the work for xcdroast. I followed the CD writing HOWTO. 
> 
> I used cdrecord -scanbus to find my writer it was dev=1,1,0. 
> 
> I then tried 
> 
> cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=1,1,0  -data  backup.iso
> 
> cdrecord claims to working and the cd writer activity light
> flashes. I have a 8x/4x/12x SONY CD writer. 
> 
> When it is done I try to read the disk and I get an I/O error. It does
> not automount nor can I mount it by hand. 
> 
> I was able to use xcdroast to burn the image that I made myself.

Odd, that's almost the same exact command I use to write stuff.  Are you
able to mount the ISO via loop back to check it?

    $ mount -o loop backup.iso /mnt/point

Does xcdroast show you the exact commands it uses to do stuff?

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