How can view the iso file that I have burned using k3b

you can open it with Ark, there is also a kio that should let you browse them in a file browser (per the its description) but that only works for me with Krusader (not Dolphin)

there are also non-KDE apps for managing iso files like acetoniso2 & isomaster

The problem is that the cd-r containing the iso is only recognised by k3b. To other programs it does not seem to exist?

does it show in the places panel of Dolphin?

does it show in device notifier (in the system tray)?

does it appear at the tail of the mount command?

did you try krusader or isomaster?

'does it show in the places panel of Dolphin?
If you the the Devices panel, bottom left, then no. It says '0 B Removable Media'

'does it show in device notifier (in the system tray)?
There is a USB symbol in the tray, as usual. It does not show here ('0 B Removable Media')

'does it appear at the tail of the mount command?
I don't know how to use the mount command

'did you try krusader or isomaster? '
Not yet

Is it data or a film? The latter you can open straight off with VLC.

it is an iso file (operating system), therfore data

Have you tried using the command line?

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ark path_to_file/filename.iso

anonprivate wrote:'does it show in the places panel of Dolphin?
If you the the Devices panel, bottom left, then no. It says '0 B Removable Media'

'does it show in device notifier (in the system tray)?
There is a USB symbol in the tray, as usual. It does not show here ('0 B Removable Media')

The '0B Removable Media' is your floppy drive.
If you don't have one, well, the BIOS still tells the kernel there is one.

'does it appear at the tail of the mount command?
I don't know how to use the mount command

Just type "mount" into a terminal window (konsole e.g.).

But it would only show your CD/DVD if you mounted it beforehand.

I would like to ask, how exactly did you burn your CD/DVD?
Apparently you burned a data DVD and added the ISO file, right? Maybe the session has not been closed successfully?
Then the system doesn't recognize it, but k3b would still be able to show its content.

But I suppose you'd rather want to select "Burn Image..." in k3b to burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD...

Btw, I guess this question is actually about the same problem, right?
viewtopic.php?f=224&t=125001

I think that there may have been a problem when I burned the iso file.

I have anonother disk (this time cd-r) which has an iso file burned. In this case, I can open it in Dolphin and see the file in k3b.

So unless there is a difference beyween DVD-r and CD-r in their modes of operation (in terms of viewing etc) then it does look like a problem with the DVD-r burn. I might have, possibly, removed the disk a little too soon.

anonprivate wrote:So unless there is a difference beyween DVD-r and CD-r in their modes of operation (in terms of viewing etc)

No, there isn't.

then it does look like a problem with the DVD-r burn. I might have, possibly, removed the disk a little too soon.

Maybe.

But k3b by default automatically creates multisession disks if there would be much space left after burning a session. This allows you to add more sessions later on.
But you have to explicitely "finish" the last session to be able to use the disc. See the "Multisession Mode" setting on the "Misc" tab of the dialog that shows when you click on "Burn" (set it to "No Multisession" to disable multsessions and make the disc usable immediately in any case).
It's likely that the CD is quite full after adding an ISO file whereas a DVD of course has much more space on it, so that would explain the difference between burning the CD and DVD (as the CD is full, k3b automatically finishes it, but it leaves the DVD "open" because there's still plenty of room for more data).

This of course only applies if you burned a "Data Project". I still think you actually want to use "Burn Image" though. This will create a CD/DVD from the ISO file, and not just put the ISO file as file onto a data CD/DVD. But then, I don't know what you want to achieve...

PS: Regarding the "Multisession Mode", see also its "WhatsThis" help:

("Auto" is the default)

Thanks for replying.

You asked what I am trying to do.

I am using Kubuntu as my OS, but I think that it would be a good idea to have a copy of the iso file on a DVD in case I ever tneed to re-install. The DVD-R that I propose to use has the iso file for version 12 burned, which is dated. I updated my pc OS online to ver 14 (took some time).

When you said 'But you have to explicitely "finish" the last session to be able to use the disc.'
Would this not cliose the DVD-R permanently?
If not, can I still keep it open, I like to make good use of space.

At present, I keep seeing 'Please insert an empty or appendable medium', under Burn Medium'

Dolphin does not read the DVD either.

Best wishes.

A

PS. I wonder if DVD-R disks can be repaired. All I can see is the Meta data (Properties) on this DVD-R (e.g., appendable: yes, space used etc)

as an alternative you should be able to use a usb stick for re-installation and since you would need a small one it would be pretty cheap https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Insta ... omUSBStick

anonprivate wrote:I am using Kubuntu as my OS, but I think that it would be a good idea to have a copy of the iso file on a DVD in case I ever tneed to re-install. The DVD-R that I propose to use has the iso file for version 12 burned, which is dated. I updated my pc OS online to ver 14 (took some time).

Ok, so you are burning a "Data Project" on purpose it seems. Apparently you just want to "archive" the ISO file as it is, right?

But you'll have to use "Burn Image" if you want to boot from the CD/DVD and re-install (or use an USB-stick as google01103 suggested...). In this case it is not possible at all to add other files of course, so the unused space is "lost".

When you said 'But you have to explicitely "finish" the last session to be able to use the disc.'
Would this not cliose the DVD-R permanently?

Yes.

If not, can I still keep it open, I like to make good use of space.

Well, of course you can leave it open.
But I'm not sure whether you can access/use it as long as it is open.

But then, I never burned multisession DVDs at all (personally I don't even have a DVD burner...) and only a few multisession CDs many years ago, so I might remember wrongly,

At present, I keep seeing 'Please insert an empty or appendable medium', under Burn Medium'

Even if you insert the DVD?
Then it seems something else has gone wrong. Something like this does definitely happen when you remove the disc too early when burning.

PS. I wonder if DVD-R disks can be repaired. All I can see is the Meta data (Properties) on this DVD-R (e.g., appendable: yes, space used etc)

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Well, IIUYC, you cannot even append anything, as the "Insert disc" dialog doesn't accept it?
Maybe try to select "Continue Multisession" instead of "New Data Project", or select "New Data Project" and click on "Import session" in the toolbar (next to the "Burn" button).

If that doesn't help, you might be able to "repair" it with cdrecord directly (use the "--fix" option).

But if the burn is incomplete, there's not much that can be done about it I think (as it is a DVD-R). Burned is burned.

wolfi323 wrote:

anonprivate wrote:So unless there is a difference beyween DVD-r and CD-r in their modes of operation (in terms of viewing etc)

No, there isn't.

then it does look like a problem with the DVD-r burn. I might have, possibly, removed the disk a little too soon.

Maybe.

But k3b by default automatically creates multisession disks if there would be much space left after burning a session. This allows you to add more sessions later on.
But you have to explicitely "finish" the last session to be able to use the disc. See the "Multisession Mode" setting on the "Misc" tab of the dialog that shows when you click on "Burn" (set it to "No Multisession" to disable multsessions and make the disc usable immediately in any case).
It's likely that the CD is quite full after adding an ISO file whereas a DVD of course has much more space on it, so that would explain the difference between burning the CD and DVD (as the CD is full, k3b automatically finishes it, but it leaves the DVD "open" because there's still plenty of room for more data).

This of course only applies if you burned a "Data Project". I still think you actually want to use "Burn Image" though. This will create a CD/DVD from the ISO file, and not just put the ISO file as file onto a data CD/DVD. But then, I don't know what you want to achieve...

PS: Regarding the "Multisession Mode", see also its "WhatsThis" help:

("Auto" is the default)

How did you post the image?