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Burning DVDs from HMC ISO images on Linux (SuSE 9.2)
- If it is not already installed, install the Linux package "dvd+rw-tools". To determine if the package is installed, enter the following command:
rpm -qi dvd+rw-tools - Download all of the HMC ISO images to your Linux system. You must have a DVD-Recorder drive installed on your system.
- Determine the DVD recorder device ID by executing the following command:
hwinfo -cdrom | grep "Device File"
In most cases the output of this command will be:
Device File: /dev/sr0 (/dev/hdc) - Insert a high quality blank DVD-R media into the DVD recorder. Do not use DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD-RAM.
- Issue the following command:
/usr/bin/growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdc=<file> where: <file> is the name of the ISO file. - Repeat Step 4 for each of the HMC DVD images.
Note: You can use a different method to create a DVDs from an ISO image. For example, if you have a PC with software that allows the creation of DVD media from an ISO image, you can use that software.
