CD Burner Help

The following gives instructions for backing up single directories from a user's account to a CD-R or CD-RW. Other features of the cd-writer are not supported or explained. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain CD media on which to backup their directories.

Note: Do not use xlock while burning CDs. The auto logout feature of xlock may cause unexpected results.

1. Login to any of the machines given in this list.
2. Run /usr/bin/xcdroast The following application should appear. You must first master an image of your directory. Select the Create CD button from the left side.

   

3. Select Master Tracks button. From the file listing presented select the directory that will be written to the CD media. Press Add button. The full path should show up in the text box labeled Session view. Choose Image directory /scratch/cdimages from the drop-down box on top of the window. Then choose Create session/image tab. Press Calculate size button. A dialog window will open displaying the status. Once completed press the OK button of the dialog window.

   

4. Fill in the text box labeled File prefix: with a unique name. Since all the mastered images are stored in the same location it would be a good idea to use your user ID as the filename. This will prevent unwanted overwrites. Press the Master to image file button. A dialog window will open displaying the status of the mastering. Once completed press the OK button of the dialog window. Then press the Write Tracks button from the left side.

   

5. Select your master image from the Layout tracks tab. Press Add. Select the write speed, our cd-writer supports 8x writing. Then press Accept track layout button. The application will switch to Write tracks tab.

   

6. If you have a CD-RW make sure it is blank. Simply press Blank CD-RW button. Make sure your blank CD-R or CD-RW is in the cd-writer and press Write tracks.

   Note: The performance of the cd-writer can be affected by computationally intensive processes.

   

7. After the cd-writer is done, make sure you delete your master image. Press the Delete Tracks button on the left side. Select your master image, then press Delete selected tracks.

   

8. You may exit the program by pressing Back to main menu and then Exit