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Burn iso to dvd using cdrecord?



On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:41:50PM -0400, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> 
> I downloaded the Fedora FC4 iso and want to burn it to a DVD.  I think
> I can use the cdrecord command to do this.
> 
> Will this work?

cdrecord needs to be patched for dvd support.  You can download the src
rpm, patch, and recompile.  Or you can try dvdrecord, which is a fork of
an older version of cdrecord with dvd support.  I've had the best
success with the growisofs program, which is part of dvd+rw-tools.

-David




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