Often bchunk is used to convert bin- cue files to iso’s before burning it to a cd.
Cdrdao makes this step obsolete with the command:
cdrdao write foo.cue
It burns the .cue .bin files for you, on any modern distro, to your cdwriter.
Usually this should do, but sometimes cdrdao cannot find the device.
To solve this, as root:
cdrdao scanbus
Lets say the result is:
0,0,0: IDE-CD, R/RW 8×4x32, 1.5
The command would be then :
cdrdao write –speed 8 –device 0,0,0 foo.cue
Other things you can do with cdrdao:
Copy an audio-cd to harddrive:
cdrdao read-cd foo.cue
this will make a foo.cue file and a data.bin file of the inserted cd in your harddrive.
Oh, and if you wish to blank your cdrw first ?
cdrdao blank
Sometimes things seem to be too easy
more application examples here.
Where in you hard drive does the .bin file save?
Comment by scott — March 22, 2007 @ 1:14 am
Thank you, you saved me a lot of time.
Comment by Mohammed Berdai — January 14, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
Silly question but how do you burn a bin file to a dvd? I have a movie I want to burn to watch on the tv and this seems to fail unless I use a blank CD.
Any ideas?
Comment by Michael Sharman — January 18, 2009 @ 11:43 am