Questions tagged [data-cd]
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Is it possible to avoid cdrecord countdown, and start write immediately/
Cdrecord said..
"Last chance to quit..starting real write in..seconds"
My question is, is it possible to avoid countdown and start immediately?
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Can't mount CD/DVD in Debian testing ("Can't open blockdev"), but it works in Windows 10
I can't mount any CD or DVD in my drive. BUT, I have Windows 10 in dual boot, and I can read any CD/DVD in Windows without issues.
In this image, "DVD-RW backup" is the DVD-RW label.
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Unique device path for generic SCSI device /dev/sgX
[This is on Debian 12]
To fully access my DVD drive, I need to also know its SCSI generic path (/dev/sgX) in addition to its expected CDROM-/dev/srX path.
The specific device is important, though, and ...
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CD problem in linux
I burned some images, python files and PDFs to CD in Win 10 but now I'm using Arch Linux and it won't read the CD. The CD is not damaged (that is, it is good) and when I look at it with lsblk, it ...
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Command to pull in CD drive
I'd like to digitalize my CD collection. The quickest way to do this is to make a command that pulls in the CD drive, invokes abcde to rip and auto-eject the drive, and bind that command to a key. The ...
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How to mount AARUF CD image?
I have a CD image file which has AARUF as its filename extension and I want to access its files.
Using file, I don't get any further information about the format:
$ file image.aaruf
image.aaruf: data
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How can I read the RID of a CDRW or DVDRW on Linux?
This question is inspired by this answer on SuperUser by Proger_Cbsk.
The RID is the Recorder IDentification. It uniquely identifies the drive that wrote the CD/DVD.
What software if anything can read ...
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CD-ROM drive fails to open/recognize inserted cd in Legacy boot mode
Recently I wanted to check that I'm able to read cd/dvd disks. No my surprise my "old" laptop failed to do so. After investigating today I've found out cd drive works on Linux Mint 17.x ...
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Making USB to SATA DVD drive show up as sr0 in Debian
I have a WH16NS40 DVD drive that I want to use on my Debian 12 virtual machine.
The drive is inside a Vantec NexStar DX2 USB 3.0 external enclosure, which connects to the DVD drive via a standard SATA ...
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Install Samba package from ISO file or CDROM
I have an old server which is running Ubuntu Linux 16.04 in a lab environment. It is not not possible to upgrade to the new Ubuntu version due to hardware capacity. I decided to keep it and us it as ...
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Check if computer have a CDROM?
ALL,
In the past there was a standard to have a floppy drive on the computer.
Now even CD-ROM is optional.
Is there a way to find out if the device is present on the machine? Not mounted, not the disk ...
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What is LSN in the cd-info track list?
When I run cd-info the track list looks like this:
CD-ROM Track List (1 - 1)
#: MSF LSN Type Green? Copy?
1: 00:02:00 000000 data false no
170: 68:17:27 307152 leadout (688 MB ...
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Hotswapping CDs on Linux
Right now I'm trying to install Battlefield 2 from CD-ROM on my Linux computer (I know Battlefield 2 is a little old now but I couldn't care less). Of course, it needs to be run under Wine, and ...
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INVALID: RHEL 7.9 not detecting CD drive, no /dev/sr0
I am trying to mount a CD on a RHEL 7.9 system. It is an internal drive and works fine. It opens, closes and you can here it spinning up.
When I put a CD into the drive and attempt to mount it, I do ...
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Set +x executable permission on a CD-ROM
I want to add +x permission executable on my ISO. So I can run it directly on Linux host when clicking my CD-ROM.
I tried sudo chmod 555 tester and then burned it on ISO, but the tester only had read ...
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