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MMN-o — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:33:09 GMT

How to mount/unmount Image (ISO) files without burning

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== CD/DVD Burning ==

==== How to blank CD-RW/DVD-RW ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

:''e.g. Assumed that /dev/cdrom is the location of CD/DVD-ROM''

sudo umount /dev/cdrom
cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast

==== How to burn files/folders into CD/DVD ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

Places -> CD/DVD Creator

*Drag files/folders into window

File Menu -> Write to Disc... -> Write

==== How to burn Image (ISO) files into CD/DVD ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

Right click on Image (ISO) file -> Write to Disc... -> Write

==== How to duplicate CD/DVD ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]
*Read [[#How to create Image (ISO) files from CD/DVD]]
*Read [[#How to burn Image (ISO) files into CD/DVD]]

==== How to create Image (ISO) files from CD/DVD ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

:''e.g. Assumed that /dev/cdrom is the location of CD/DVD-ROM''

sudo umount /dev/cdrom
readcd dev=/dev/cdrom f=file.iso

: You can also use embedded Linux command

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=file.iso

==== How to create Image (ISO) files from folders ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

mkisofs -r -o file.iso /location_of_folder/

==== How to generate MD5 checksum files ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5

==== How to check MD5 checksum of files ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]

:''e.g. Assumed that file.iso and file.iso.md5 are in the same folder''

md5sum -c file.iso.md5

==== How to mount/unmount Image (ISO) files without burning ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]
*To mount Image (ISO) file

sudo mkdir /media/iso
sudo modprobe loop
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop file.iso /media/iso/

*To unmount Image (ISO) file

sudo umount /media/iso/

*If you want to mount/unmount your ISO image directly right-clicking on it, you can do this from your home dir:

cd .gnome2/nautilus-scripts/
gksudo gedit Mount

Copy this script into Mount file

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in "$*"
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "Enter your password for root terminal access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo mkdir /media/"$I"
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop "$I" /media/"$I" && nautilus /media/"$I" --no-desktop
done
done
exit0

Save and close, than do the same with unmount file:

gedit Unmount

Copy these script into Unmount file

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in "$*"
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "Enter your password for root terminal access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo umount "$I" && zenity --info --text "Successfully unmounted /media/$I/" && sudo rmdir "/media/$I/"
done
done
exit0

Make them executable with:

chmod +x Mount
chmod +x Unmount

*Or a graphical tool type in terminal:

sudo apt-get install gisomount

to run type in terminal:

sudo gisomount

==== How to set/change the burn speed for CD/DVD Burner ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]
*Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor
*Configuration Editor

/ -> apps -> nautilus-cd-burner -> default_speed (set/change the burn speed)

==== How to enable burnproof for CD/DVD Burner ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]
*Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor
*Configuration Editor

/ -> apps -> nautilus-cd-burner -> burnproof ('''Checked''')

==== How to enable overburn for CD/DVD Burner ====

*Read [[#General Notes]]
*Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor
*Configuration Editor

/ -> apps -> nautilus-cd-burner -> overburn ('''Checked''')

==== How to install K3b (CD/DVD burning software) ====

* Read [[#General Notes]]
* Read [[#How to add extra repositories]]

sudo aptitude install k3b

===== How to install MP3 support for K3b =====

sudo aptitude install libk3b2-mp3

==== How to Burn .img DVD Images ====

First, Install the udftools package:

sudo apt-get install udftools

Here is the command-line method to burning .img images to a dvd:

growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=full_path_to_mydvd.img

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