Command Line

• 1). Insert a blank, recordable CD in the computer's CD burner.
  
  
• 2). Open a terminal window.
  
  
• 3). Type the command "cd Directory" to navigate to the directory where the ISO image is held. Replace the word "Directory" with the correct path to the ISO image. An example of a complete path would be "/home/user/ISO_images/" where "user" is your username.
  
  
• 4). Type the command "cdrecord -scanbus" to determine the scsi device name for your computer's CD burner. The result will look like: "2,0,0200) 'Optiarc ' 'DVD RW AD-7580S ' 'FX04' Removable CD-ROM". The numbers you are looking for are at the beginning of the line ("2,0,0").
  
  
• 5). Type the command "cdrecord -v -dao dev=2,0,0 image.iso" to burn the ISO image to the CD. Replace "dev=2,0,0" with the device number from Step 4. Replace "image.iso" with the correct name of the ISO image.
  
  

GNOME

• 1). Insert a blank, recordable CD in the computer's CD burner.
  
  
• 2). Double click on the "Home" folder on your computer's desktop to open the Nautilus file browser.
  
  
• 3). Navigate to the directory that contains the ISO image.
  
  
• 4). Right click on the ISO image.
  
  
• 5). Choose the "Write to Disc" option.
  
  

KDE

• 1). Insert a blank, recordable CD in the computer's CD burner.
  
  
• 2). Open the K3b program. It will be found under the "Sound and Video" section of the main menu.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Tools" menu in the tool bar at the top of the screen.
  
  
• 4). Choose the "Burn Image" option.
  
  
• 5). Browse for the ISO image in the "Image to Burn" section.
  
  
• 6). Click the "Start" button to burn the image to the disc.