On Tuesday March 25 2003 10:44 am, mycal62 wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >On Tuesday 25 Mar 2003 1:58 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
> >>On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:22:59PM +0200, Panos Platon Tsapralis
wrote:
> >>>I apologize for the possibly naive (stupid...) question, but -
> >>> despite all the search that I have done - I cannot find how to
> >>> create a CD from an ISO image that I have downloaded from the
> >>> Internet.
> >>>
> >>>I am using GNOME-toaster and KreateCD programs.
> >>>
> >>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>--
> >>>Panos Platon Tsapralis,
> >>
> >>I generally don't use a gui for this.
> >>
> >>cdrecord -v -pad speed=4 dev=0,0,0 yourimage.iso
-the -pad switch and lack of a -dao switch ruins md5sums. Burning
at 4x is a good idea no matter what higher speed the media and burner
are capable of, or claim.
> >>
> >>You can change the speed if you've got a newer burner than mine,
> >> and you can do "cdrecord -scanbus" to see the dev settings for
> >> your burner.
> >
> >If you want a gui, K3b does it easily. Do not, however, let it
> > alter your fstab when installing - you will be asked, just say
> > no.
> >
> >Anne
Iso's burned from the CL with...
cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -dao name_of_the.iso
...will provide a CD that will still give a true and valid md5sum.
IOW's you can easily check the integrity of the burned CD with
'md5sum /dev/scd0' and it will exactly match the one obtained with
'md5sum name_of_the.iso' .
I've yet to see a GUI frontend for cdrecord or cdrdao, no matter
the point'n click settings used, that doesn't produce altered images
where the md5sum will still match reliably. Hence, checking actual
integrity of the burned CD is impossible. YMMV
--
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