Burning Discs at the Console
16 Nov 2012A very short guide to burning CD and DVD media at the console with growisofs.
Control
Ejecting the drive
ejectRetracting the drive
eject -T Burning
Burn the contents of a directory
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd -R -J -pad "/path/to/data"Burn the contents of multiple directories
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd -R -J -pad -graft-points "/foo=/path/to/foo" "/chu=/path/to/chu"Burn an ISO to a disc
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/image.isoRW Burning
Formatting a RW disc for burning
dvd+rw-format -force /dev/dvd Appending data to a RW disc
growisofs -dvd-compat -M /dev/dvd -R -J -pad -graft-points "/foo=/path/to/additional/data"