Fedora 18 : how to burn an ISO image with CLI ( wodim )

small tips.
You can burn an ISO image into CD / DVD media with CLI by using wodim command.

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) [root@localhost ~]# uname -ri 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 x86_64

install wodim via yum

[root@localhost ~]# yum install -y wodim [root@localhost ~]# wodim --version Cdrecord-yelling-line-to-tell-frontends-to-use-it-like-version 2.01.01a03-dvd Wodim 1.1.11 Copyright (C) 2006 Cdrkit suite contributors Based on works from Joerg Schilling, Copyright (C) 1995-2006, J. Schilling

check your CD/DVD drive path. nn , can’t find the location.

[root@localhost ~]# wodim --devices wodim: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver! For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'. For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'. For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from the wodim documentation.

check the device name from dmesg.
Seen from the output , my CD/DVD-ROM drive path seems to be /dev/sr0

[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | egrep -i "cd-rom|dvd-rom" [    1.609196] ohci_hcd 0000:00:14.5: irq 18, io mem 0xfe7f6000 [    1.663828] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 ohci_hcd [    1.664011] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver [    1.735715] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [    1.838744] ata2.00: ATAPI: hp        DDVDW TS-H653R, 0E00, max UDMA/100 [    1.842532] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            hp       CDDVDW TS-H653R  0E00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [    1.846239] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [    1.846246] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [    1.846586] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 [    2.076998] usb 3-3: new low-speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd [    2.593983] usb 2-6: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd [   13.020578] usb 5-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd [   13.426786] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd

check the device info with udevadm

[root@localhost ~]# udevadm info --query=all --name=/dev/sr0 P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 N: sr0 L: -100 S: cdrom S: disk/by-id/ata-hp_DDVDW_TS-H653R_R3786GBZ414203 E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-hp_DDVDW_TS-H653R_R3786GBZ414203 E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 E: DEVTYPE=disk E: ID_ATA=1 E: ID_ATA_SATA=1 E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1 E: ID_BUS=ata E: ID_CDROM=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RAM=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_DVD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_COUNT=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_NEXT=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_STATE=blank E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1 E: ID_MODEL=hp_DDVDW_TS-H653R E: ID_MODEL_ENC=hp\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20DDVDW\x20TS-H653R\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_REVISION=0E00 E: ID_SERIAL=hp_DDVDW_TS-H653R_R3786GBZ414203 E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=R3786GBZ414203 E: ID_TYPE=cd E: MAJOR=11 E: MINOR=0 E: MPATH_SBIN_PATH=/sbin E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: TAGS=:seat:systemd:uaccess: E: USEC_INITIALIZED=117573

/dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to /dev/sr0

[root@localhost hattori]# ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 3 Jan 24 00:02 /dev/cdrom -> sr0

insert a blank DVD media and burn the ISO into that media.

[root@localhost ~]# wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrom speed=8 -eject /home/hattori/Fedora-18-x86_64-DVD/Fedora-18-x86_64-DVD.iso wodim: No write mode specified. wodim: Assuming -tao mode. wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '/dev/cdrom' devname: '/dev/cdrom' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.11 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Device type    : Removable CD-ROM Version        : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities   : Vendor_info    : 'hp      ' Identification : 'CDDVDW TS-H653R ' Revision       : '0E00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording) Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) (current) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1081344 = 1056 KB Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data  4362 MB         Total size:     5009 MB (496:17.92) = 2233344 sectors Lout start:     5009 MB (496:19/69) = 2233344 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction. Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 65152 Speed set to 11080 KB/s Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   8.0 in real unknown mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 4362 of 4362 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  99%]   8.1x. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 4573888512/4573888512 (2233344 sectors). Writing  time:  527.256s Average write speed   6.4x. Min drive buffer fill was 99% Fixating... Fixating time:   13.773s wodim: fifo had 72044 puts and 72044 gets. wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 23074 times full, min fill was 73%. [root@localhost ~]#