From 7a52ddeba2a68388b544f529d2d92104420f77b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shipwreckt Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 20:02:14 +0000 Subject: Changed from static to 11ty! --- src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md (limited to 'src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md') diff --git a/src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md b/src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..384eef9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/archive/linux/Optical_Media.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: Burning optical media in Linux 💿 +date: 2024-08-23 +layout: linux +tags: + - media-tutorials +--- +This is a quick tutorial to show you how to burn any file to a piece of optical disk media! + +*** + +### Warning ⚠️ + +Once you burn an optical disk you cannot reburn it. + +Optical media does not have the best storage, normally under 1GiB so make sure your files align with the size of the optical media. + +*** + +## What you will need 📋 + +* Optical drive capable of writing to a CD +* A computer with Linux 🐧🖥️ +* The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠 + +*** + +## Steps to burn 🔥 + +You will only need one program to burn media to a CD; the name of that program is [wodim](https://linux.die.net/man/1/wodim), and it is part of a collection of programs called [cdrkit](https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/cdrkit), as in thename ofe this collection of programs that allow you to do a whole variaty of things withopticall media! + +*** + +1) Install cdrkit, on some Linux distrobutions cdrkit is already installed, but on my main Linux distrobution [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org), it is not so check you have it installed, the package on your distro will most likely be called cdrkit. + + +> sudo pacman -S cdrkit + + + +*** + + 2) 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. + + +> mkisofs -o Fallout.iso -V "Fallout 1" ~/Downloads/Fallout
+>Fallout.iso being the output ISO and ~/Downloads/Fallout being the directory with the movies in there. + +*** + + 3) Now the last command is the actual event of burning the optical media! So insert it into your optical drive and type this command. + + +> cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom ~/Downloads/Fallout.iso
+> movies.iso being the output ISO from the last command. + +*** + +## Overview +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. -- cgit v1.2.3