Compact-Disk (CD) Operations in Linux

by Ramesh

How to burn a CD ?

Syntax: cdrecord -V -eject dev={device-file-path} {iso-file}

$ cdrecord -V -eject dev=/dev/cdrom data-backup.iso

How to slow down the CD write speed ?

Syntax: --speed=1
 
# cdrecord -V -eject dev=$CDPath $ISOFileName --speed=1

How to blank a CD – RW ?

Syntax: cdrecord blank=fast dev={device-file-path}
 
# cdrecord blank=fast dev=/dev/cdrw
 
    Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
    Version        : 5
    Response Format: 2
    Capabilities   :
    Vendor_info    : 'Optiarc '
    Identification : 'DVD RW AD-7240S '
    Revision       : '1.02'
    Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
    Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver 
    Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
    Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96R RAW/R16 
    Speed set to 1764 KB/s
    Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  10.0 in real 
    Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 sec.
    Operation starts.