Copying Files onto CDROm using UNIX Commands

[jetpacmidge]

Hi

,I am new to using SUSE linux 9.0 I am having difficulty in copying files from a directory onto a CDROM using UNIX commands.

So far I have been able to mount the CDROM and view the files on the CDROM. When I try to copy files onto the CDROM, they are stored in the directory /media/cdrom and not on the CDROM.

The commands I have been using are as follows :-

mount -o rw -f dev/cdrom

cp -R Tadburn (directory) /media/cdrom

When I type in the following command :-

more /etc/fstab

dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder auto ro,auto,user,exec

dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,auto,user,exec

Any help to resolve my problem would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Rgds,

Andy M.

[AbsintheSyringe]

As hard as I tried, I still cant figure out what are you trying to do. Burn cd using unix commands?

Just get k3b and burn it like everyone else, if you so desperately want to do it your way, suse isnt the right distro for those things.

[mcavic]

Not that I like SUSE, but how can it not be the right distro?

Jetpac, you can't just copy files to the CD. You need a burning application like k3b or xcdroast.

[bumpaw]

I have just got my first Linux running and have just one relevant observation here. It's never going main stream till the average shmoe like myself can find a way to easily ask a question. The communication gap is large.

SuSE 9.3

[brakthepoet]

I hope that jetpacmidge solved the burning problem by now, but here are some good resources if she didn't.
http://freeunix.dyndns.org:8088/site2/howto/Burn_em_Baby.shtml [freeunix.dyndns.org]
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cdburn.html [www-128.ibm.com]
Both sites have step-by-step instructions on using cdrecord and mkisofs from the command line.

I use cdrecord for command-line burning and have never had a problem with it. K3b and XCDRoast have worked well for me when I want a GUI for burning.

Problems like jetpacmidge's are not the result of using the wrong distribution or Linux being too difficult for the average schmoe. They are simply what each of us encounters as we start something new. The territory is unfamiliar and we attempt to experience things exactly like we did in more familiar settings. Give any distribution a chance, and spend some time reading the appropriate man pages, HOWTOs, and forums.

It all works if you work it.