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Date:      Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:11:36 -0400
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        Sleepless in Brisbane <snowy@snowy.org>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how to burn
Message-ID:  <4.3.1.2.20000422111006.01f4c800@pseudonet.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004221739050.20555-100000@snowy.org>
References:  <3901564B.DCC6F738@corp.pocket.com>

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At 05:48 PM 4/22/00 +1000, Sleepless in Brisbane wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> > This ranges from simple, to annoyingly difficult.  Here's how to do it
> > on windows:
> >
> > Load up your burning application.
> > Go to help/Find
> > search for ISO
>
>What that is involved in FreeBSD is making an ISO image and then burning it
>out using some sort of writing tool.  A good set that seem to work well
>together is 'mkisofs' and 'cdrecord' which you will find in the

I have never had a problem with mkisofs, but have had nothing but problems 
with cdrecord.

>/usr/ports/sysutils directory.  There are lots of options detailed in the man
>pages for both of these programs so take the time to sit down and actually
>read them.  An idea when starting out is to use a rewritable cd so you can
>have a couple of tries once you work out what you want to do without going
>through a small pile of CDs.
>
>There is also a GUI which runs under X11 called cd-write which apparently is
>rather nice to use (I haven't had time to look at it yet - am still rebuilding

It looks like it would be nice, but unless you run your wm in >800x600 you 
won't get all the options in one of the windows (its beena long time) nor 
will you be abl to click OK from the selection of those options.

>my X Terminal) and this is also found under /usr/ports/sysutils so could well
>be worth the look if you are after a more one-click sort of deal rather than
>something you can automate.
>
>--Snowy
>
>
>
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- Jim

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