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Apr 24th 2004 · 1 min read · #burning #cd #cli #dvd #unix

cdrecord

cdrecord is the main command-line tool from cdrtools (packaged as cdrecord in Red Hat distributions), providing CD and DVD writing services under most UNIX operating systems.

Notes

Incantations required on my specific box to get an old Plextor PX-W8432T ATAPI burner working using libscg (I was lazy and should have set up the module properly):

insmod ide-scsi
cdrecord -scanbus

Example output:

Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J?rg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'Memorex ' 'DVD-MAXX 1648 AJ' 'GWH2' Removable CD-ROM
        0,1,0     1) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R   PX-W8432T' '1.09' Removable CD-ROM
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) *
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) *

CD-RW blanking:

cdrecord dev=0,1,0 blank=fast

Example output:

Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J?rg Schilling
scsidev: '0,1,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'CD-R   PX-W8432T'
Revision       : '1.09'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC SWABAUDIO
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real BLANK mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.

Burn (now rolled into my autobackup script):

cdrecord -dao dev=0,1,0 /tmp/snapshot.iso

Example output:

Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J?rg Schilling
scsidev: '0,1,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'CD-R   PX-W8432T'
Revision       : '1.09'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC SWABAUDIO
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.

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