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Mounting .bin / .cue files on Linux

August 2, 2012 Linux

Mounting .iso image files is easy under Linux, but unfortunately mounting .bin and .cue files requires a bit more work.
First of all, you wont be able to directly mount .bin or .cue files. You will have to convert them to an .iso file first.
Convert .bin and .cue files to an .iso image
You can then mount the resulting .iso file.
Mount CD / DVD .iso image files on Linux
While it would be nice to be able to directly mount .bin and .cue files, this only adds one step, and doesn’t take long to do at all.

Mount CD / DVD .iso image files on Linux

August 2, 2012 Linux

Instead of burning .iso images to CD’s or DVD’s all the time, under Linux you can mount the .iso files, and easily access the data within the image. This obviously wont help if you want to burn a bootable cd, but its very handy if you quickly need to access some files within the image, without burning a CD/DVD.
Mounting a .iso image file:

# mount /path/to/cdimage.iso /mnt/cdmount -o loop,ro

Prefix the above command with “sudo” if you are not using an account with root privileges, or use “su” to gain root access. This will depend on the Linux distribution used.
Make sure the mount point (“/mnt/cdmount” in the example above) exists before trying to mount the image file.
This will mount the CD/DVD image “/path/to/cdimage.iso” to the folder “/mnt/cdmount”, and mounts it using the loop back option, as well as being read only.
When you are finished using the image, you need to unmount it.
Unmounting the image file:

# umount /mnt/cdmount

Again, this must be run with root privileges.
Simply use the mount point you want to unmount as the only parameter to umount.
If you have forgotten where you mounted it to, you can simply run “mount” to get a listing of all current mounted filesystems.

Convert .bin and .cue files to an .iso image

August 2, 2012 Linux

To convert a .bin and .cue file combination into a iso image file in Linux, you need a handy tool called Binchunker. Most tools on Linux require a ISO image (mounting, extracting, etc), so .bin and .cue files will need to be converted first.
Install Binchunker:

$ sudo apt-get install bchunk

Convert the .bin and .cue combo to a .iso image:

$ bchunk cdimage.bin cdimage.cue output

This will create an iso file with the naming format of outputXX.iso, where XX is a number based on the track that is being exported. Eg. output01.iso for the first track.
Example:

$ bchunk cdimage.bin cdimage.cue output
binchunker for Unix, version 1.2.0 by Heikki Hannikainen 
        Created with the kind help of Bob Marietta ,
        partly based on his Pascal (Delphi) implementation.
        Support for MODE2/2352 ISO tracks thanks to input from
        Godmar Back , Colas Nahaboo 
        and Matthew Green .
        Released under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later (at your option).
Reading the CUE file:
Track  1: MODE1/2352    01 00:00:00
Writing tracks:
 1: output01.iso  550/550  MB  [********************] 100 %
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Burn an ISO image from the Linux command line

January 6, 2012 Linux

Ever been stuck with no CD/DVD burner in a desktop PC, and the only one nearby is in a headless Linux server? The good news is you can SSH into the server and remotely write an ISO file to a CD or DVD.
The package you need to be able to do this is called “wodim” (write optical disk media). The wodim package is used to record data or audio Compact Discs on an Orange Book CD-Recorder or to write DVD media on a DVD-Recorder.
First, install the “wodim” package.
Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install wodim

Once installed, get the device name for your CD or DVD burner:

wodim --devices

Sample output:

$ wodim --devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0  dev='/dev/scd0' rwrw-- : 'PIONEER' 'DVD-RW  DVR-216'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Burn the ISO file to the specified device:

wodim -v -dev='/dev/scd0' image_file.iso

The ISO file selected will now be burned to the CD/DVD. Ensure a blank CD or DVD is inserted into the burner. The -v option sets the verbose level. The -dev option must match one of the valid devices found in the previous step (–devices).
Sample output from burning the XenServer install ISO:

$ wodim -v -dev='/dev/scd0' XenServer-6.0.0-install-cd.iso
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
scsidev: '/dev/scd0'
devname: '/dev/scd0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.10
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
Identification : 'DVD-RW  DVR-216 '
Revision       : '1.06'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009 (CD-R)
Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL)
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R)
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW)
Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording)
Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite)
Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM)
Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk)
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM)
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW)
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current)
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM)
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1136640 = 1110 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
FIFO size      : 12582912 = 12288 KB
Track 01: data   508 MB
Total size:      583 MB (57:51.41) = 260356 sectors
Lout start:      584 MB (57:53/31) = 260356 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 5
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
  ATIP start of lead in:  -11634 (97:26/66)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71)
Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 3
Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation
Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 99490
Speed set to 7056 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  40.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:  508 of  508 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  99%]  36.4x.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 533204992/533204992 (260354 sectors).
Writing  time:  155.255s
Average write speed  25.0x.
Min drive buffer fill was 99%
Fixating...
Fixating time:   18.629s
wodim: fifo had 8399 puts and 8399 gets.
wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 6230 times full, min fill was 92%.
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Note: On Ubuntu the command “cdrecord” is a symbolic link to the “wodim” application. The commands above can be run using either “wodim” or “cdrecord”.