On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 11:39:00 -0600 (CST), Michael Hennebry wrote:
Once upon a time, I forget how long ago,
I could burn a DVD using cp.
And "cat" and any other tool that can write to a device file. These tools
don't care what actual hardware is accessed via the /dev entry.
I expect dd also worked.
Posters should quit whining about OP's statement that it did.
No. It worked out of coincidence, as a side-effect of a combination of
medium, hardware, firmware perhaps too, and device driver magic. It has
never been a widely recommended way to burn CDs or DVDs. Not like using dd
or tar for creating archives on tape.