| -r | Rock Ridge extensions, with file ownership set to more useful values. You also may need to look into the -R option, which is the same but does not modify the file ownership. |
| -T | Generates the TRANS.TBL file for each directory. This may not be needed, depending on your usage. |
| -J | Joliet extensions. Useful if the CD is going to be read on another OS. |
| -V | The volume label for the CD. This is what is displayed when you put the CD into a CD drive. |
| -b | The boot image to use. This makes the CD bootable by making it an “El Torito” bootable CD. |
| -c | Location, relative to the source path, of the boot catalog used for “El Torito” bootable CDs. |
| -o | Location of the output image from the mkisofs command. |