How to create a Puppy multi-session LiveCD

We have instructions here on how to do this when using Windows and for when using Puppy Linux (see below).

Windows Users

If you have downloaded the Puppy ISO using Windows 9x, 2000 or XP and you know that your CD burning software supports burning ISOs in a multisession mode then ignore the following by all means; however, don't be suprised if the result is not multisession!

One method known to work is to use a free CD Burning package called CDBurner XP Pro which you can obtain from http://www.cdburnerxp.se/∞. Download this, install it and then choose the top option from the splash screen to burn a CD.

Then:

1. choose "Write Disk from ISO file..." from the file menu, choose a writing speed that you are confident with (I always use 12x but higher speeds are likely to be OK)
2. make sure that "Finalize Disk" is NOT ticked
3. click the button "to Write Disk"
4. The CD will then be burnt in no time and ready for use

Using Puppy to create a Multi-session CD

(Outdated! - See Barry's instructions below)
Steps to install with Gcombust:
Under multimedia on the Puppy Start button

1. Download the multi-session live-CD iso file, which has a name like puppy-firefox-1.0.0alpha-multisession.iso. (note where this is being saved)
   
2. Run the "CD/DVD drive Wizard" (Setup menu) to choose your burner drive, which will require a reboot.
3. Then run Gcombust, the CD-burner program, go to the "Burn" tab,

• choose the multi-session iso file
• untick "Dummy test run"
• leave "Pad" ticked
• tick "Multi session" and "Use data" in the Multi session section
• Click "Detect SCSI drive" then "Check SCSI settings" (which will bring up a little confirmation box with an OK button -- click on that)
• If you need to erase a CD-RW, be sure to choose "All" then hit "Blank CD" button
• When ready to burn, click the "Burn" tab

Or, it can be done entirely from the command line:

1. Download multi-session ISO
2. Run "CD/DVD drive Wizard" (which requires a reboot)
3. This will find the device numbers, for example 0,0,0: # cdrecord -scanbus
   This will burn the ISO to CD (substitute device numbers for 0,0,0):
   cdrecord -multi -data -eject -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 puppy-1.0.0alpha-firefox-multisession.iso

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