Norton Anti-virus and burning Appendable CDs: possible with Automator?

I want to build an automator workflow that would export selected photos from iPhoto, create a disk image, and then burn the image to a CD, leaving it appendable. I also would like to be able to turn Norton Anti-virus off at the beginning of the workflow and back on at the end. (It sometimes interferes with the creation of a disk image).
I find no Automator actions for Disk Utility (to burn a disk leaving it appendable) or Norton Anti-virus. Am I out of luck?
An earlier (now archived) post implied there was a non-automator way to do this, but I didn't understand the geekspeek. Can it be done with AppleScript? If so, can someone either walk me through the steps or point me to a good intro to AppleScript?
Thanks!

I want to build an automator workflow that would export selected photos from iPhoto, create a disk image, and then burn the image to a CD, leaving it appendable. I also would like to be able to turn Norton Anti-virus off at the beginning of the workflow and back on at the end. (It sometimes interferes with the creation of a disk image).
I find no Automator actions for Disk Utility (to burn a disk leaving it appendable) or Norton Anti-virus. Am I out of luck?
An earlier (now archived) post implied there was a non-automator way to do this, but I didn't understand the geekspeek. Can it be done with AppleScript? If so, can someone either walk me through the steps or point me to a good intro to AppleScript?
Thanks!

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