Brad Jones wrote:

Hi all, Does anyone know how to write CDs in Joliet format? I am using cdrecord and the docs say to use mkhybrid but it doesn't come with it. Another question, does anyone know of a good GUI cd recording software? Either for Xwindows or KDE would be great. Cheers, Brad

Xcdroast is a nice gui cdrecorder, but not all of the available scsi cdrecorders are listed in the recorder list. Cdrecord will work with just about any scsi cdrecorder. It will even auto-detect your scsi recorder type. There is a package called "Create-a-cd" out there. I've included the lsm for it below. In the package is a README file. It contains numerous examples of how to use cdrecord. The mkhybrid program is unknown to me, you probably are thinking of mkisofs. This program makes the iso9660 filesystem. You need to choose options when making the iso image, to make a Joliet, RockRidge(unix), or a hybrid, containing both. These are to place long-filename info, and file permissions on the cd. Joliet, does not carry file permissions, Rockridge does. Personally, I use xcdroast to make the iso9660 image, then use cdrecord to write it. Xcdroast has a nice way of choosing whether you want Joliet, Rockridge, or hybrid. The commandline mkisofs can be tricky to do this. Also look at man cdrecord, there is a --dummy option, which does a test write, with laser power off, to test for buffer-underruns. The hard drive which you copy the iso image off of, must be fast enough to keep the cdrecorder's input buffer full, at the chosen recording speed. You can almost always copy at 1x, but when you get to 3x, older drives can't keep up. 1x=150K per second 2x=300k per second 3x=450k per second 4x=600k per second $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Begin3 Title: create-a-cd Version: 2.00 Entered-date: 30May98 Description: tools and docs for reading and writing CDs Keywords: cd iso9660 toast cd-r cdda cdrecord cdda2wav Author: cidher@usa.net (Boris Lorenz) Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/disk-management/create-a-cd-1.01.tar.gz Copying-policy: GPL End - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>