diff --git a/burn_data.sh b/burn_data.sh
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/burn_data.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+filename="$1"
+
+if [ -z "$filename" ]; then
+    echo "usage: ./$0 [filename]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -ex
+
+cdrecord -speed=8 -v dev=/dev/sr0 -tao -multi -xa tdata01.iso
+cdrecord -eject -overburn -speed=8 -v dev=/dev/sr0 -tao -xa "$filename"