qubes-doc/common-tasks/optical-discs.md

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Optical Discs
=============

Passthrough reading and recording (a.k.a., "burning") are not supported by Xen.
Currently, the only options for reading and recording optical discs (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BRDs) in Qubes are:

 1. Use a USB optical drive.
 2. Attach a SATA optical drive to a secondary SATA controller, then assign this secondary SATA controller to a VM.
 3. Use a SATA optical drive attached to dom0.
    (**Caution:** This option is [potentially dangerous](/doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions).)

To access an optical disc via USB follow the [typical procedure for attaching a USB device](/doc/usb-devices/#with-the-command-line-tool) (using the device-manager-icon widget is buggy) then check with the device-manager-icon widget to see what device in the target qube the USB optical drive was attached to. Typically this would be "sr0". For example, if sys-usb has device 3-2 attached to work qube's sr0 you would mount it with "$ mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/removable". You could also write to a disc with "$ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject /home/user/Qubes.iso"
Generalize optical disc documentation - Rename file - Rename title - Update premalink - Add redirect to old permalink - Generalize content - Unwrap lines - Add link to /doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions - Update doc index link Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#4783 2019-02-03 14:09:52 -06:00			`---`
			`layout: doc`
			`title: Optical Discs`
			`permalink: /doc/optical-discs/`
			`redirect_from:`
			`- /doc/recording-optical-discs/`
			`- /en/doc/recording-optical-discs/`
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			`Optical Discs`
			`=============`

Fix typos 2019-02-03 15:45:23 -06:00			`Passthrough reading and recording (a.k.a., "burning") are not supported by Xen.`
Generalize optical disc documentation - Rename file - Rename title - Update premalink - Add redirect to old permalink - Generalize content - Unwrap lines - Add link to /doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions - Update doc index link Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#4783 2019-02-03 14:09:52 -06:00			`Currently, the only options for reading and recording optical discs (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BRDs) in Qubes are:`

			`1. Use a USB optical drive.`
			`2. Attach a SATA optical drive to a secondary SATA controller, then assign this secondary SATA controller to a VM.`
Fix typos 2019-02-03 15:45:23 -06:00			`3. Use a SATA optical drive attached to dom0.`
			`(Caution: This option is [potentially dangerous](/doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions).)`
Generalize optical disc documentation - Rename file - Rename title - Update premalink - Add redirect to old permalink - Generalize content - Unwrap lines - Add link to /doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions - Update doc index link Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#4783 2019-02-03 14:09:52 -06:00
Update optical-discs.md More verbose language on just how to use a USB optical drive. 2019-05-12 08:38:13 +00:00			To access an optical disc via USB follow the [typical procedure for attaching a USB device](/doc/usb-devices/#with-the-command-line-tool) (using the device-manager-icon widget is buggy) then check with the device-manager-icon widget to see what device in the target qube the USB optical drive was attached to. Typically this would be "sr0". For example, if sys-usb has device 3-2 attached to work qube's sr0 you would mount it with "$ mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/removable". You could also write to a disc with "$ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject /home/user/Qubes.iso"