sidux Manuals - No GUI Burning Information about a blank CD/DVD: $ wodim dev=/dev/hdc -atip or $ cdrdao disk-info --device ATA:1,0,0 Delete a rewritable disk: $ wodim -blank=fast -v dev=/dev/hdc or $ cdrdao blank --device ATA:1,0,0 --blank-mode minimal Clone a cd: $ cdrdao copy --fast-toc --device ATA:1,0,0 --buffers 256 -v2 Clone a cd on the fly: $ cdrdao copy --fast-toc --source-device ATA:1,1,0 --device ATA:1,0,0 --on-the-fly --buffers 256 --eject -v2 Create an audio cd from wav files with 12x speed: $ wodim -v -eject -pad -dao speed=12 dev=/dev/hdc defpregap=0 -audio *.wav Burn a cd from bin/cue files: $ cdrdao write --speed 24 --device ATA:1,0,0 --eject filenam.cue Burn an ISO image: $ wodim dev=/dev/hdc driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed fs=14M speed=8 -dao -eject -overburn -v something.iso Create an ISO image with all files (and subdirs) of a directory. This can be burned with the command above (burn ISO image): $ genisoimage -o myImage.iso -r -J -l directory If you have a DVD burner, you can also use growisofs for burning to DVD, like burning an ISO image to DVD: $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso Burn multiple files to DVD: $ growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -J file-1 file-2 file-3 ... If there is space left on the DVD, you can append more files: $ growisofs -M /dev/dvd -R -J file-1 file-2 file-3... To finalize the session, you use: $ growisofs -M /dev/dvd=/dev/zero