Cd-writing Using Command Line...

Hi all,
I would like to appreciate SuSE for its robustness and professional weaving of the complex Linux system...
Well for My first post on this FORUM, My first tip is that SuSE is an acrynom of the German phrase: Software Und System Entwicklung which means Software and System Development.

well, about CD writing... I have collected some info that I consider useful (at least for me):
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The operation involves 2 steps:
1. Creating an iso9660 image of the source medium, e.g. existing CD-ROM, a directory.
2. Burning an iso image on a recordable medium.
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To make an iso from an existing CD: firstly, be sure that cdrom is not mounted
> umount /dev/cdrom #to umount
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso
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to create an iso image from a directory:
> mkisofs -r -o cd_image src-directory/
-r to make all files readable by al users(enable for RockRidge extensions).
-J to enable MS Joliet extensions.
-R to enable RockRidge protocol to further describe the files on the iso9660 filesystem.
To create a Windows-friendly filesystem use 'mkhybrid' command.
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to burn the iso(this steps need root permissions)
> cdrecord -pad -dao -v speed=24 -eject driveropts=burnproof dev=0,0,0 /path/to/file.iso
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To copy a CD-ROM on the fly form a CD-ROM drive (say, /dev/scd0):
> cdrecord -v dev=0,6,0 speed=24 -isosize /dev/scd0
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to check for the cdwriters:
> cdrecord -scanbus
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to mount an iso image on the /cdrom directory:
> mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom
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To create a multi-session CD, we must:
1. At first session we must brun the CD-R with cdrecord using -multi option .
2. Mkisofs must know where the free space on the CD-R begins(new track pos.)
> NEXTTRACK =`cdrecord -msinfo dev=0,6,0`
3. Generate an IS09660 filesystem with RockRidge-extensions starting atlast session:
> mkisofs -R -o cd_image2 -C $NEXT_TRACK -M /dev/scd5 src-directory/
-M: specifies path of an image of the original cd.
-C: supplies last session info form the cdrecord -msinfo command.

Very nice tip. I like to see that some people still like to use the command line.