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I am using Sony CD-R 700 MB discs and every time I try to burn the ISO file on a disc, an error message pops up saying error while burning, drive is busy.

Can anyone assist me in this process? I am trying to do this on my HP touchsmart which has one disc drive.

Anwar
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Frank
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    provide information of software you are using for it. – KK Patel Aug 08 '12 at 09:52
  • Excuse me i am running Ubuntu 11.10 and the ISO file I am trying to burn is Ubuntu 12.04 – Frank Aug 08 '12 at 09:56
  • Which burning software do you use? Brasero? – BuZZ-dEE Jan 14 '13 at 14:15
  • Do you see any pertinent messages near the end of your /var/log/syslog file? I would speculate that your drive is somehow misconfigured -- uses the wrong driver, or somehow conflicts with another device on your system. – tripleee Jan 16 '13 at 04:39

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You could try burn the iso file in a terminal with:

  1. growisofs

    1. Install dvd+rw-tools:

      sudo apt-get install dvd+rw-tools

    2. Burn iso file:

      growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/image.iso

  2. cdrecord

    1. Add the CDRTools PPA and install cdrecord:

      PPA description

      This PPA contains builds of CDRTools and Smake. CDRTools has been packaged as a replacement for CDRKit. This may (or may not) solve many CD/DVD burning issues in Ubuntu.

      <p>The CDRTools package builds Cdrecord, which replaces Wodim, and Mkisofs, which replaces Genisoimage. Add the PPA, update your sources and then install cdrecord and mkisofs.</p>

      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cdrecord

    2. Determine dev for CD / DVD burner:

      cdrecord –scanbus | grep -i cd

      Output something like this:

      3,1,0   301) 'Optiarc ' 'DVD RW AD-7173A ' '1-01' Removable CD-ROM

    3. Burn iso file:

      cdrecord -v dev=3,1,0 /path/to/image.iso
BuZZ-dEE
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Have you tried creating a USB bootable flash drive? You can burn an ISO using the command line via wodim. To install wodin, Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below:

sudo apt-get install wodim

Locate your cdrom drives location with following command:

wodim --devices

Command above should give output like the following:

neostream@ubuntuportal:~/Desktop$ wodim --devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0 dev='/dev/sg2' rwrw-- : 'ASUS' 'DRW-2014S1T'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Using the output from above identify your drive location. In this example it would be /dev/sg2, Insert a CD/DVD blank into your CD/DVD burner, then burn ISO image with following command:

wodim -v dev=/dev/sg2 speed=10 -eject /home/neostream/iso/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso

If you want to burn to CD/DVD-RW disc, you can erase it first with this command:

wodim dev=/dev/sg2 blank=fast

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Mitch
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Try running your software from the command line and check if it outputs any error. If not maybe you can try using K3b, i find it really good and never had any problems.

Cheers

j0N45
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