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-====== How To write your DVD or CD ======
-<note warning>
-The copy of protected software is strictly prohibited. No one is allowed to use the DVD writer to make copies of software or other digital files that are subject to protection laws. The Writer has to be used only in case of backups for personal data.
-</note>
-In the room IN.R.011, the workstation [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR011|iscpc5.epfl.ch]] is at disposition of all users. This workstation has a [[scanner|scanner]] and a DVD-RW device, it can be used for scanning documents and to write DVD-RW or CD-RW.
-The users can write a DVD or a CD directly using the graphical tool of the Desktop or copying an ISO image directly to the Writer. The supports (the CD or DVD) must be provided by the user itself.
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-===== Write DVD/CD from Desktop =====
-==== Generate and write the iso image ====
-To generate a copy of your files on a CD-R ot on a DVD-R, login in the machine and click on the //Computer// icon in order to open it. From the menu //Places// of this window select **CD/DVD creator**. In order to create the copy of your files move/copy all the files you want in this windows and click on the button **Write to Disc**. __Remember to put a writable DVD/CD inside the writer__ and also that you can't write more than 4.2 Gbytes on a single DVD (for CD the limit is 700 Mbytes).
-==== Existing ISO image ====
-In this case, just browse in the directory where the ISO image you want burn is located, select it and press the right button of the mouse. In the menu list you can find the voice **Write do disc...**. Click on this voice and the process of writing start.
-===== Write DVD/CD from Terminal =====
-==== Write DVD ====
-To write a DVD you can use the **growisofs** utility. This program can generate the ISO image and write the DVD on the fly. You can use it also to write an ISO image directly.
-==== Write CD ====
-To write a CD you must use the **mkisofs** and **cdrecord** utilities.
-The **mkisofs** program is used to generate the ISO image of the CD and the **cdrecord** program is used to write the ISO image on the CD. Of course you can create the iso image without burn it.
-The cdrecord program has a lot of options, use the online manual to explore all the possibilties.