Cdrecord said.. "Last chance to quit..starting real write in..seconds" My question is, is it possible to avoid countdown and start immediately?

I've been a Fedora user "since forever" (Red Hat v1.1) but, frustrated by some issues I can't ignore, I am interested in trying both Debian and Ubuntu. Step zero was to download the latest releases. I picked Debian 12.7.0 as my first to try. However, in the past I was using a Windows box to burn DVDs for no good reason but familiarity. ... And thus I'd never had to actually burn the DVD on Linux before. Following the directions from various sources here, I started with: # wodim -v dev='/dev/sg2' -eject debian-12.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso Whir-whir-whir went the DVD with lots of progress reported but a cup of coffee or so later I got some errors pertaining to "fixating" the disk, namely: Fixating... Errno: 5 (Input/output error), flush cache scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 40 A0 03 21 04 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x04 (logical block address out of range) [No matching qualifier] Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 137.712s timeout 120s Trouble flushing the cache wodim: Cannot fixate disk. Fixating time: 137.712s Errno: 5 (Input/output error), prevent/allow medium removal scsi sendcmd: fatal error CDB: 1E 00 00 00 00 00 cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s Errno: 5 (Input/output error), start/stop unit scsi sendcmd: fatal error CDB: 1B 00 00 00 02 00 cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s wodim: Cannot eject media. wodim: fifo had 62911 puts and 62911 gets. wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 7253 times full, min fill was 34%. Using man I found -fix, and tried it, but it didn't work either, as can be seen here - a VERY different kind of error: # wodim -v dev='/dev/sg2' -fix TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/sg2' devname: '/dev/sg2' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.36 Wodim version: 1.1.11 SCSI buffer size: 64512 wodim: Cannot do inquiry for CD/DVD-Recorder. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: fatal error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s So, I figured I'd try dd since several question/answer entries here strongly implied dd can make a bootable DVD, just watch out for sync issues, so, this: # dd if=debian-12.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso of=/dev/sg2 bs=4M && sync But... It doesn't do anything! And from that I did research and found this entry which says dd used to be able to do this and for some unknown but likely (in my view) silly reason, the ability was removed?! However, that is disputed. Hmmm... This system usually makes the cd/dvd drive available on /dev/cdrom and to read I do something like # mount /dev/cdrom /mounts/cd0 and then I have the contents available on /mounts/cd0. But trying /dev/cdrom didn't do anything either: # dd if=debian-12.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso of=/dev/cdrom bs=4M && sync No Joy. I've read several other entries on stack exchange sites, such as this one or this one , among others, but didn't find a solution... MAYBE I just had a media error and need to retry the original command? I hate to waste disks but... On suggestion, I tried: # wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject -sao debian-12.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/sr0' devname: '/dev/sr0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.11 SCSI buffer size: 64512 wodim: Cannot do inquiry for CD/DVD-Recorder. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: fatal error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s Hmmm... There is a /dev/sr0 entry... **I WENT TO A DIFFERENT MACHINE...** Same operating system, same brand drive, etc, and I ran the command from the answer below and it wrote a disk. **IMPORTANTLY** along the way I noted the software - wodim - said: Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Upon reading that I instantly deduced the drives MAY be the same brand (ASUS) but not the same type, or maybe there's a motherboard difference? I don't know. Since I had copied and pasted the entire output from the original "unfixated" run, I can say it wasn't in there. However, it was in this new SUCCESSFUL run - that boots propertly! - so ... Apparently what I needed to have found was maybe this article. Aren't computers fun?

I am trying to burn an Audio CD to be playable on old vintage CD Players.  I have tried using Brasero Audio CD and XfBurner, to no avail.  The resulting CD is playable only on some newer players. I have a CD (that I got from someone) which works.  So I analyzed it using cd-info. **This is the information about the working CD:** Disc mode is listed as: CD-DA CD-ROM Track List (1 - 20) #: MSF LSN Type Green? Copy? Channels Premphasis? 1: 00:02:00 000000 audio false no 2 no 2: 01:43:04 007579 audio false no 2 no 3: 03:30:68 015668 audio false no 2 no 4: 05:45:37 025762 audio false no 2 no 5: 07:33:14 033839 audio false no 2 no 6: 09:27:53 042428 audio false no 2 no 7: 10:57:36 049161 audio false no 2 no 8: 12:57:33 058158 audio false no 2 no 9: 14:18:70 064270 audio false no 2 no 10: 16:02:30 072030 audio false no 2 no 11: 17:36:57 079107 audio false no 2 no 12: 18:59:35 085310 audio false no 2 no 13: 21:08:00 094950 audio false no 2 no 14: 22:11:08 099683 audio false no 2 no 15: 23:32:35 105785 audio false no 2 no 16: 25:52:23 116273 audio false no 2 no 17: 27:00:12 121362 audio false no 2 no 18: 29:55:43 134518 audio false no 2 no 19: 31:39:27 142302 audio false no 2 no 20: 33:10:26 149126 audio false no 2 no 170: 35:05:28 157753 leadout (353 MB raw, 353 MB formatted) Media Catalog Number (MCN): 0000000000000 Last CD Session LSN: 0 audio status: no status volume level port 0: 255 (0..255) 100 (0..100) volume level port 1: 255 (0..255) 100 (0..100) volume level port 2: 0 (0..255) 0 (0..100) volume level port 3: 0 (0..255) 0 (0..100) **And this is the information about my CD from Brasero (it is the same for XfBurner):** Disc mode is listed as: CD-DA CD-ROM Track List (1 - 1) #: MSF LSN Type Green? Copy? Channels Premphasis? 1: 00:02:00 000000 audio true yes 2 no 170: 06:00:61 026911 leadout (60 MB raw, 60 MB formatted) Media Catalog Number (MCN): 0000000000000 Last CD Session LSN: 0 audio status: no status volume level port 0: 255 (0..255) 100 (0..100) volume level port 1: 255 (0..255) 100 (0..100) volume level port 2: 0 (0..255) 0 (0..100) volume level port 3: 0 (0..255) 0 (0..100) It seems the only differences are the Green? and Copy? fields.  What is the meaning of these fields? Any suggestions on writing compatible Digital Audio CDs for old players?

I try to create an Audio CD using brasero 3.12.3-x86_64-1salix15 on a Slackware 15.0 based system. slapt-get added the following packages to meet all dependencies: The following NEW packages will be installed: graphene gstreamer gst-plugins-base libburn libisofs brasero The exact versions of the packages: 1/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/ graphene 1.10.6-x86_64-1 [104.0kB]...Done 2/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/ gstreamer 1.18.5-x86_64-1 [1.7MB]...Done 3/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/ gst-plugins-base 1.18.5-x86_64-1 [2.2MB]...Done 4/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/ libburn 1.5.4-x86_64-2 [288.0kB]...Done 5/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/15.0/ libisofs 1.5.4-x86_64-1gv [259.0kB]...Done 6/6 Get http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/ brasero 3.12.3-x86_64-1salix15.0 [2.4MB]...Done Starting brasero I get no errors in the terminal that started it: rava@rava1:/$ brasero When I click the "Audio project / Create a traditional audio CD" icon nothing happens in the terminal, but when I then click on the "+" icon ("Add files to the project") and the Open File Window opens, the starting terminal tells me this (brasero:8385): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 20:31:29.706: attempting to add an interface (EggTreeMultiDragSource) to class (GtkFileSystemModel) after class_init The same error is repeated every time I go around in my filesystem (only the time stamp of the error changes) And when I select any .wav or .mp3 that should be suitable, I always get this error: "name.ext" could not be opened. "name.ext" is not suitable for audio or video media. **I tested several files that should be suitable, but all create the above error.** Since the file I want to burn as Audio CD is sampled as 48000 Hz I used lame to convert that into a 44100 Hz highest quality mp3 because when in audacity-linux-3.2.1-x86_64 I set the sample rate to 44100 Hz but the exported .wav file still had 48000 Hz. lame --resample 44100 --preset extreme lamesh_11100_1.wav This is what ffprobe reports on that mp3 that I converted via lame mp3 with the above parameters: $ ffprobe -hide_banner lamesh_11100_1.mp3 Input #0, mp3, from 'lamesh_11100_1.mp3': Duration: 01:03:39.49, start: 0.025057, bitrate: 216 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 216 kb/s Metadata: encoder : LAME3.100 Side data: replaygain: track gain - 0.500000, track peak - unknown, album gain - unknown, album peak - unknown, but still, brasero keeps insisting on "lamesh_11100_1.mp3" could not be opened. "lamesh_11100_1.mp3" is not suitable for audio or video media. Any ideas why that might be? Is some dependency missing or not working correct and brasero not tells me about this?

A silly question, but culture is made even of silly questions... A lot of years ago, when I start with Linux(2000-2002) I was the classical windows user so I was not skilled with cli commands li ke cdrecord, mkisofs, etc..I remind a software house release one of the first programs with gui for burning cd's under Linux. Was commercial, not open source, and it did not had success( who was so crazy to buy a commercial app when similar apps with gui but OS and free already exist?). The question is: someone remind the name of this program? Is not Nero4Linux

I want to use 100GB M-Disc for Backup. How can one determine whether the M-Disc Writing was engraved properly and successfully on the non-volatile substance? I plan to use Brasero for writing. What does one have to do, burn with brasero and everything is figured out automatically when you insert an M-Disc? I have just got a Pioneer BDR-XS07S Blu-Ray Burner. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

I'd like to burn thirty mp3 songs to a CD-R, using say cdrecord. But I'd like to use my laptop for other things at the same time (such as using the Kate editor and the Internet). However, I've read that if the laser is writing to the CD, and the process is interrupted, the writing is spoiled. **My Question:** So how can I make cdrecord and the CD recorder have uninterrupted use of system resources, while still allowing me to do other things on the system?

I can not install any linux distros on my old pc despite having easily install 2 times on my Win 10 PC. I am using Win XP 32 bit 2.82GHz Dual Core CPU, 1.99GB RAM. I have tried many instructions, watching countless videos, reading answers from forums for a month and still doesn't work it keeps going from problem to problem: rufus and etcher doesnt support, burn device not found on CDBurner XP, I also use Linux Live USB Creator but after a while it seems to work just like instructed and then nothing happen :(( I dont know what to do. Plan to throw my computer :< Btw, sorry for my English

How can I transfer an .iso file to an USB in parallel to the download of this file so that downloaded data gets directly on my USB without passing through my hard drive.

I tried to use Startup Disk Creator on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS machine to burn Manjaro 20.0.3 xfce to a bootable usb stick. I always use this tool without any problem, e.g. Xubuntu, Debian. But I can't find Manjaro iso file to proceed: Here is my Startup Disk Creator version: $ usb-creator-gtk --version 0.3.3 Why do I encounter this the problem with Manjaro?

Is there a way to burn a DVD on a Debian/stable system. Here is what brasero is telling me when trying to burn a iso file: For information: % file 7601.17514.101119-1850_x64fre_server_eval_en-us-GRMSXEVAL_EN_DVD.iso 7601.17514.101119-1850_x64fre_server_eval_en-us-GRMSXEVAL_EN_DVD.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'GRMSXEVAL_EN_DVD' (bootable) and % cdrskin --devices cdrskin 1.5.0 : limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn cdrskin: scanning for devices ... cdrskin: ... scanning for devices done cdrskin: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 dev='/dev/sr0' rwrw-- : 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVD+-RW GH82N' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- and % dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVD+-RW GH82N ][A101] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 2Bh, DVD+R Double Layer Media ID: MBIPG101/R10 Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #0: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #1: 6.0x1385=8310KB/s Write Speed #2: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #3: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s@[0 -> 196607] 6.0x1385=8310KB/s@[196608 -> 385023] 8.0x1385=11079KB/s@[385024 -> 3788799] 6.0x1385=8310KB/s@[3788800 -> 3977215] 4.0x1385=5540KB/s@[3977216 -> 4173823] Speed Descriptor#0: 02/4173823 R@12.0x1385=16629KB/s W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s Speed Descriptor#1: 02/4173823 R@12.0x1385=16629KB/s W@6.0x1385=8310KB/s Speed Descriptor#2: 02/4173823 R@12.0x1385=16629KB/s W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s Speed Descriptor#3: 02/4173823 R@12.0x1385=16629KB/s W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] Legacy lead-out at: 2086912*2KB=4273995776 DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER BOUNDARY INFORMATION: L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2086912*2KB, can still be set READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty "Next" Track: 1 Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 4173824*2KB Track Size: 4173824*2KB ROM Compatibility LBA: 266240 READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 I did read: * https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd#Burn_the_image_file_to_CD.2C_DVD.2C_or_BD So if I now try from the command line: % cdrskin -dummy 7601.17514.101119-1850_x64fre_server_eval_en-us-GRMSXEVAL_EN_DVD.iso cdrskin 1.5.0 : limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn cdrskin: scanning for devices ... cdrskin: ... scanning for devices done cdrskin: beginning to burn disc cdrskin: NOTE : -dummy mode will prevent actual writing cdrskin: SORRY : Drive offers no suitable write mode with this job cdrskin: Reason: SAO: simulation of write job not supported by drive and media, cdrskin: Media : blank DVD+R/DL cdrskin: FATAL : burning failed.

When starting K3b in Debian10/KDE (at version 18.08 there) I get this error: > Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable > K3b uses dvd+rw-format to format DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs. > Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package. The dvd+rw-tools is installed. I have found some very old reports of this from 2004 and 2008 so I thought it got fixed by now. How to fix this problem? I also had this error when trying to burn to a DVD: "Could not determine size of resulting image file." and: > mkisofs > \----------------------- >/usr/bin/genisoimage: Missing pathspec. >Usage: genisoimage [options] -o file directory ... in the debugging ouput. I solved this by making more space available for the /tmp directory. (It didn't say that there was too little disk space in the errors and I didn't get notified about disk space running out there.)

I've got a physical burnt CD and the original ISO image of it. No reference checksum files were provided for the CD contents. How do I check the actual CD is correct (corresponds to the original image) and fully readable?

This is my PC/OS detail I recently downloaded a **90 days trial version** of Windows. My question is, when I right clicked to burn disc, I did't get any option like 'Burn to disc'. How to burn the ISO to disc?

I want to install Guix on one of my old computers, the place where I downloaded them is right here and its supposed to be on flashed on USB drives, but I'm wondering if I could burn it to a CD or DVD.

I had a 733MiB ISO image which I tried to write to a CD-R. I had two CD-R disks from different manufacturers. With first CD-R disk(TDK) the burning process failed, but using the second CD-R(EMTEC), it succeeded. Command used for burning was wodim -v speed=1 dev='/dev/scd0' -sao -overburn /home/martin/Downloads/linux.iso *Unsuccessful attempt:* root@T42:~# ls -lh /home/martin/Downloads/linux.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 martin martin 733M Feb 7 19:30 /home/martin/Downloads/linux.iso root@T42:~# wodim -v speed=1 dev='/dev/scd0' -sao -overburn /home/martin/Downloads/linux.iso TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/scd0' devname: '/dev/scd0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.11 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identification : 'DVDRAM GSA-4083N' Revision : '1.00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording) Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording) Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1053696 = 1029 KB Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Drive DMA Speed: 15251 kB/s 86x CD 11x DVD FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB Track 01: data 732 MB Total size: 840 MB (83:17.54) = 374816 sectors Lout start: 841 MB (83:19/41) = 374816 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4) ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 69 Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo. The orange forum likes to get money for recent information. The information for this media may not be correct. Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: -14967 wodim: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk. wodim: Notice: Overburning active. Trying to write more than the official disk capacity. Speed set to 1764 KB/s Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 10.0 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 724 of 732 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 10.7x.Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 05 A9 9D 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 3C 30 00 80 02 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x02 Qual 0x00 (no seek complete) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 26.366s timeout 200s write track data: error after 760014848 bytes wodim: A write error occured. wodim: Please properly read the error message above. Writing time: 549.691s Average write speed 9.1x. Min drive buffer fill was 99% Fixating... Fixating time: 0.183s wodim: fifo had 12091 puts and 11972 gets. wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 11841 times full, min fill was 96%. root@T42:~# *Successful attempt:* root@T42:~# wodim -v speed=1 dev='/dev/scd0' -sao -overburn /home/martin/Downloads/linux.iso TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/scd0' devname: '/dev/scd0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.11 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identification : 'DVDRAM GSA-4083N' Revision : '1.00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording) Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording) Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1053696 = 1029 KB Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Drive DMA Speed: 15143 kB/s 86x CD 10x DVD FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB Track 01: data 732 MB Total size: 840 MB (83:17.54) = 374816 sectors Lout start: 841 MB (83:19/41) = 374816 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3) ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66) ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71) Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: -14970 wodim: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk. wodim: Notice: Overburning active. Trying to write more than the official disk capacity. Speed set to 1764 KB/s Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 10.0 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 732 of 732 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 10.6x. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 767623168/767623168 (374816 sectors). Writing time: 520.286s Average write speed 9.6x. Min drive buffer fill was 99% Fixating... Fixating time: 4.733s wodim: fifo had 12091 puts and 12091 gets. wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 11889 times full, min fill was 96%. root@T42:~# Does the overburn capability depends solely on CD-R/CD-RW lead-out are size? In addition, any ideas what the *"low Beta category (B-) (4)"* and *"high Beta category (A+) (3)"* mean in CD-R ATIP info section?

How to burn a linux .iso to a RW disc? Btw, the disc has data inside, so I have to erase it and then burn the iso image to the disc Update: After burning the linux iso I can't mount the cdrom, and the dvd won't boot too on computer start. If I insert the disc while on OS, the cdrom won't mount. Also if I open gparted it stays "scanning all devices..." forever. I've also noticed that the were mounted 3 discs or partions after burning the disc. if i run sudo mount /dev/sr0 the terminal stays waiting forever update: it shows this mounted discs or partitions but the cdrom/optical drive can't mount the dvd nor can be detected Note: If i remove dvd this partitions stay mounted and accecible

I have two cd/dvd drives in my laptop. One is an external USB drive and the other is the SATA drive that came with it. And I can't burn two DVDs at the same time in both of them at full speed no matter what I do. First I tried running Wodim in two separate instances, reading the same file. Note the file is in a SSD, which can be read in speeds as great as 50 Mb/s easily. But that caused both dvd's to burn at an average speed of 1.5x while suffering constant buffer underruns. Then I copied the file to a separate media (an external HDD) and tried again to use two Wodim instances, but each one reading from a separate media. Didn't work. Then I tried downloading AnyBurn for windows and running it with wine. Anyburn can burn to multiple drives simultaneously. It worked, but again too slow, at speeds like 2x. Then by last I tested running AnyBurn in one drive and wodim in the other - Each one reading the files from different media. This time Wodim got to burn at 8x (top speed) and had no buffer underrun. But Anyburn was very slow and got an error mid-burn. Also, note both AnyBurn and Wodim work perfectly when running alone and burning to a single drive, with any of the 2 drives. The problem always comes when I try to burn in two drives at the same time. What is happening here? Thanks!

Writing CDs with cdrecord and making images with genisoimage is no problem. I want to write DVDs in a similar manner, first creating an image, then burning it to disk. This is quite beneficial, since I can inspect the image before burning it to disk. Now, all I've seen, is how to use the growisofs command to burn something to DVD, but all how-to's were using ISO9660 for DVDs. But I want to burn UDF images. Before I can burn them, I need to make them, but how do I create UDF images? Also, If you could explain, or link on how to burn BluRay, that would be great, too. All tools must be command line, as I need to work with it, where GUI is no option.

I have a bunch of lossless files (.flac and .ape) that I would like to burn on a CD to listen to on any standard CD player (in my old car's for example), but I am unsure how to do it. Specifically I don't know if burning the files as an *Audio CD Project* in K3b will suffice, or if I have to do something different/extra. I have done my research and have found some post talking about a .cue file, however it is all a bit confusing and, in my case, unnecessary (I think) since I don't have a unified .flac CD but independent tracks already with their metadata. Can someone give me some info on how to create this audio CD?