.. default-role:: literal


CD / DVD: reading, ripping, burning
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Burning a file to a CD-R (basic)
--------------------------------

This documents how to do this from the command line. I assume your CD burner is
mapped to the device file `/dev/sr1`.

First, make an iso of the directory you want to burn::

       mkisofs -r -R -J -l your-directory > your-iso.iso

Then burn the iso (check that root has write access to ``/dev/sr1``)::
       
       sudo cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr1 your-iso.iso


References
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I basically copied-down the instructions from `a YoLinux tutorial`_

.. _a YoLinux tutorial: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCDBurn.html