How do I write to a CD?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-06-16, k47867 at kearfott.com <k47867 at kearfott.com> wrote:

> I am looking for Python code to open, read, write, close, and
> make bootable the following: CD DVD  USB Drive
>
> Can I just use open(), read(), write(), and close() for these?

CD,DVD: No. You're going to have to use os.popen/os.system to
run utilities like mkisofs, cdrecord, growisofs.

USB: Yes.

> And how do I make something bootable?

CD,DVD: man mkisofs

USB: read the documentation for the bootloader you want to use.

> Is there a portable way to do this that works for both
> windows XP/Vista and Linux?

No.

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com