On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 19:05:54 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/03/2016 05:58 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > Yes, I know gui apps work. > > But I am a very old unix/linux user and I have ALWAYS used dd to write > > iso images onto blank media, > > and then boot that media. > > Why is it that current linux versions of dd cannot write to blank media??? > > Really? I've never heard of that and I can't imagine that working at > all. If you really must use the command line to do it, then cdrecord > was the tool to use, now called (or replaced by) wodim. But the > "cdrecord" name still works. Same thoughts here. One could use /dev/cdrom, which should be a link to /dev/sr0, for reading and creating an ISO image, but not for setting up the device to burn discs "magically". _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
