creating an ISO file to burn to CD/DVD

To create the ISO image (assuming ./cd is the top level directory holding all files and directories you want to burn):

• mkisofs -v -o cd.iso -R ./cd
  (-R means Rock Ridge protocol, Unix filenames) (-J will give you Windows long filenames)

To test the image file:

• mkdir /mnt/tmp
  mount -t iso9660 -r -o loop cd.iso /mnt/tmp
  cd /mnt/tmp
  ls -lR

To burn the image file to CD:

• cdrecord -v speed=16 cd.iso
  (alternatively, you can use a GUI tool like X-CD-Roast)

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Or use the "create and burn" combination program growisofs, for example:

growisofs -Z /dev/cdrw1 -speed=4 -R -J ./dvd

(in this example, the DVD writer is at /dev/cdrw1)