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

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title: Optical Discs
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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](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/security-guidelines.md#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), then check with the **Qubes Devices** 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 the `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`.
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			`Optical Discs`
			`=============`

Fix typos 2019-02-03 16:45:23 -05:00			`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 15:09:52 -05:00			`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 16:45:23 -05:00			`3. Use a SATA optical drive attached to dom0.`
Update links to Qubes-Community version https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4693 2020-12-08 01:31:41 -05:00			`(Caution: This option is [potentially dangerous](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/security-guidelines.md#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 15:09:52 -05:00
Add semantic newlines for optical-discs.md 2019-08-18 13:40:10 -04:00			`To access an optical disc via USB follow the [typical procedure for attaching a USB device](/doc/usb-devices/#with-the-command-line-tool), then check with the Qubes Devices 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 the `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`.