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diff --git a/public/archive/linux/Optical_Media/index.html b/public/archive/linux/Optical_Media/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..504e546 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/archive/linux/Optical_Media/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> + <head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/main.css"> + <title>Burning optical media in Linux 💿</title> + </head> + <body> + <article> + <header> + <h1>Burning optical media in Linux 💿</h1> + <p class="post-date">August 23, 2024</p> + </header> + <div class="post-content"> + <hr> + <p>This is a quick tutorial to show you how to burn any file to a piece of optical disk media!</p> +<hr> +<h3>Warning ⚠️</h3> +<p>Once you burn an optical disk you cannot reburn it.</p> +<p>Optical media does not have the best storage, normally under 1GiB so make sure your files align with the size of the optical media.</p> +<hr> +<h2>What you will need 📋</h2> +<ul> +<li>Optical drive capable of writing to a CD</li> +<li>A computer with Linux 🐧🖥️</li> +<li>The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠</li> +</ul> +<hr> +<h2>Steps to burn 🔥</h2> +<p>You will only need one program to burn media to a CD; the name of that program is <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/wodim">wodim</a>, and it is part of a collection of programs called <a href="https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/cdrkit">cdrkit</a>, as in thename ofe this collection of programs that allow you to do a whole variaty of things withopticall media!</p> +<hr> +<ol> +<li>Install cdrkit, on some Linux distrobutions cdrkit is already installed, but on my main Linux distrobution <a href="https://archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a>, it is not so check you have it installed, the package on your distro will most likely be called cdrkit.</li> +</ol> +<blockquote> +<p>sudo pacman -S cdrkit</p> +</blockquote> +<hr> +<ol start="2"> +<li>You want to get whatever data you want into an ISO file, so if you had a file called movies that held movies you would use the command. As an example, I will be using the location of the Fallout 1 installation files on my system.</li> +</ol> +<blockquote> +<p>mkisofs -o Fallout.iso -V "Fallout 1" ~/Downloads/Fallout<br> +Fallout.iso being the output ISO and ~/Downloads/Fallout being the directory with the movies in there.</p> +</blockquote> +<hr> +<ol start="3"> +<li>Now the last command is the actual event of burning the optical media! So insert it into your optical drive and type this command.</li> +</ol> +<blockquote> +<p>cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom ~/Downloads/Fallout.iso<br> +movies.iso being the output ISO from the last command.</p> +</blockquote> +<hr> +<h2>Overview</h2> +<p>Now it is time to sit back and wait for it to burn; do not get impatient; give it time, and it will burn. When it is done, you may enject the optical media from the CD drive, and it should have all the files you desire.</p> + + </div> + </article> + + + + + <footer class="post-footer"> + <a href="/archive/linux" class="back-button">⬅ Back to Linux</a> + </footer> + + </body> +</html> + |