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  • September 30, 2018 at 5:40 pm #12268
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      I have never had much success using the included burning tools in antiX probably due to my ancient rig. So many years ago I started using
      wodim – write data to optical disk media

      I realize that usb drives are the preferred option, but for those of us who are still running old hardware, and want to use the
      cl to burn an iso to a cd or dvd then wodim fits the bill.

      It is used from the command line, aka terminal
      To gather info I use:

      $ wodim -inq
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/sr0
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : MATSHITA
Identification : DVD-R   UJ-85J  
Revision       : FCQ5
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

      to gather more info:

      $ wodim -prcap
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/sr0
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : MATSHITA
Identification : DVD-R   UJ-85J
Revision       : FCQ5
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does read DVD-ROM media
  Does read DVD-R media
  Does write DVD-R media
  Does read DVD-RAM media
  Does not write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

  Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
  Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
  Does read digital audio blocks
  Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
  Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
  Does read multi-session CDs
  Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
  Does read CD bar code
  Does not read R-W subcode information
  Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
  Does return CD media catalog number
  Does return CD ISRC information
  Does support C2 error pointers
  Does deliver composite A/V data

  Does play audio CDs
  Number of volume control levels: 256
  Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
  Does support independent mute setting for each channel
  Does not support digital output on port 1
  Does not support digital output on port 2

  Loading mechanism type: tray
  Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
  Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
  Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
  Is not currently in a media-locked state
  Does not support changing side of disk
  Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
  Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

  Maximum read  speed:  4234 kB/s (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Current read  speed:  4234 kB/s (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Maximum write speed:  4234 kB/s (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Current write speed:  4234 kB/s (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
  Buffer size in KB: 2048
  Copy management revision supported: 1
  Number of supported write speeds: 3
  Write speed # 0:  4234 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Write speed # 1:  2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  16x, DVD  2x)
  Write speed # 2:  1411 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD   8x, DVD  1x)

Supported CD-RW media types according to MMC-4 feature 0x37:
  Does write multi speed       CD-RW media
  Does write high  speed       CD-RW media
  Does write ultra high speed  CD-RW media
  Does write ultra high speed+ CD-RW media

      To burn an iso i use the following command for example

      wodim -sao speed=0 antix-m8.5.iso

      which translates to write data to optical disk, using sao (session at once) speed=0 (highest speed capable of)
      and finally the name of the iso file I am using to burn the cd, or dvd.
      You must of course open your terminal in the folder where your iso file resides.
      Also you can burn audio and a variety of other formats.
      you can find all options per command line(terminal)

      with

      wodim --help

      and
      wodim dev=help

      cheers,
      ohh

      Every matter requires prior knowledge.

      - Du Mu
      The Art of War

      October 4, 2018 at 3:27 am #12329
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        Thanks, that could introduce the command line to someone who has avoided it in the past. 🙂

        Are you really using antix-m8.5.iso – 17.1 ‘base’ still fits a CD. 😉

        Linux (& BSD) since 1999

        October 4, 2018 at 6:08 am #12339
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          Thanks fatmac, that was my hope that it would help.
          Yes, It was a good one 8.5, but no I am running 17.1

          I will have to fire up one of my old laptops, it may still have it there!!

          Here’s my current dtop

          $ inxi -zF
System:
  Host: antix17 Kernel: 4.18.4-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac5,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F4228EC8 v: DVT serial: <filter> BIOS: Apple 
  v: IM51.88Z.0090.B09.0706270921 date: 06/27/07 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 T7400 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  Speed: 1697 MHz min/max: 1000/2167 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1399 2: 1290 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV530/M56-P [Mobility Radeon X1600] driver: radeon v: kernel 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
  resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530 v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.4-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2 
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n driver: b43-pci-bridge 
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
  IF-ID-2: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 26.85 GiB (5.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HDS725050KLA360 size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 54.75 GiB used: 10.18 GiB (18.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 
  ID-2: /home size: 43.80 GiB used: 16.66 GiB (38.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 18.63 GiB used: 4.3 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 894 
Info:
  Processes: 166 Uptime: 31d 22h 35m Memory: 2.92 GiB used: 1.07 GiB (36.7%) 
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.25

          cheers,
          ohh

          Every matter requires prior knowledge.

          - Du Mu
          The Art of War

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