CD-RW and DVD+RW cli

Show disk info

Install

udftools

then run

cdrwtool -i -d /dev/cdrom

Burn to disk

cdrecord is replaced by its fork wodim

Use as UDF disk

UDF: Universal Disk Format: Use a CDRW like a diskette
Universal Disk Format
Use wodim

Moutn UDF disk

mount -F udfs /dev/sr0 /mountlocation

Work in progress

Generate an ISO image

genisoimage - create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes

Locked drive

When your drive does not read an inserted disk anymore it might be locked. Run

fuser -vm /dev/sr0

and check the output

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/sr0:            user        1208 ..c.. bash
                     user       23283 ..c.. ssh

Kill the bash process. Run, in this examples case,

kill -9 1208

Now the drive should work as normal

Burn to CD-RW or DVD+RW

Program	Description	Remark
cdck	CD and DVD checker
cdrskin	CD/DVD/BD writing tool
cdw	Ncurses frontend for genisoimage and wodim
dvd+rw-format	Format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk	Example: dvd+rw-format -blank /dev/cdrw
dvd+rw-tools	Burn DVD image created by dvdauthor or genisoimage
genisoimage	Create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes
growisofs	Combined genisoimage frontend/DVD recording program
mkzftree	Create a zisofs/RockRidge compressed file tree
wodim	Write data to optical disk media
xorriso	ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge manipulation tool	Creates, loads, manipulates, and writes ISO-9660 file system images with Rock Ridge extensions

growisofs

Commandline options

-J	Use Joliet format
-M	Add an additional session. Put more data on a disk already contiaining data
-R	Use Rock-Ridge format	Longer filenames. Permissions are preserved
-Z	Burn an initial session to the selected device

Examples

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0=somefile.iso # Make a bootable disk from an iso file
growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/dvd -R -J /home/user/somefile.txt # Burn somefile.txt to disk
growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/dvd -R -J /home/user/directorywithfiles # Burn a whole directory to disk

wodim