CD Burning Tips and Tricks

Create an ISO:

/usr/bin/mkisofs -r -x -o file.iso /files/to/image

Create an ISO Preserving Ownership and ACL and Excluding a directory:

/usr/bin/mkisofs -R -x /files/to/image/dir/to/exclude -o file.iso /files/to/image

Burn an ISO to CD:

/usr/bin/cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 -data file.iso

Burn an ISO to DVD:

/usr/bin/dvdrecord dev=0,1,0 -dao file.iso

or

growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/dvd=/home/nfs/backups/root.iso

Erase a CD-RW:

/usr/bin/cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 blank=all

Rip a CD as an ISO:

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