> With the mkisofs and cdrecord utilities installed, working with ISO
> images from the command line is very straight forward (ISO --> ISO9660
> filesystem, common format of data CD-ROMS)

Kernel 2.6 hides this thorny layer from the user and provides a lucid
interface that looks and feels like normal IDE. Just insert a CDR/CDRW
disc into a capable drive (/dev/hdc) , mount it at some point in your file
system and copy/delete files as if it were just another hard disc drive.
It sure looks like we shall soon be saying bye to cdrecord (alphonse is
saddened)
All in all, cdrecord and mkisofs are two interesting utilities that I
found almost indispensable in 2.4
$ uname -rs
Linux 2.6.0-test5

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Alphonse Ogulla
Nairobi, Kenya


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