Additional Resources

This chapter covers several applications briefly. Refer to the following resources for more information about the applications in this chapter

Installed Documentation

cdrecord man page — Discusses how to burn data, audio and mixed-mode CD-ROMs. Offers all options and commands in detail, including some example commands for common CD-R(W) burning tasks.
/usr/share/doc/cdrecord-<version> (where <version> is the version of cdrecord installed on your system) — Several documentation files are included with general usage and licensing information.
mkisofs man page — Comprehensive detail of the utility, including some warnings about creating certain types of ISO images. Offers all options and commands in detail, including some example commands for creating common ISO image files.
/usr/share/doc/mkisofs-<version> (where <version> is the version of mkisofs installed on your system) — Several documentation files are included with general usage and licensing information.
/usr/share/doc/xcdroast-<version> (where <version> is the version of X-CD-Roast installed on your system) — Contains useful command-line options and usage information for this graphical CD-R(W) mastering application.
/usr/share/doc/dvdrecord-<version>/ (where <version> is the version of dvdrecord installed on your system) — For users who have DVD-R(+W) devices, this set of documentation helps you get started mastering DVD-ROMs for data backup and multimedia presentation.

http://www.xcdroast.org/ — The Official website of the X-CD-Roast project.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/ The cdrecord project page on Freshmeat is regularly updated with the newest releases, news, and user commentary.
http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/dvdrtools/ — The official website of the dvdrtools project, which includes the dvdrecord utility for writing DVD-R(+W) discs.