Upgrading to RHEL 4

Bob McClure Jr robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 21 03:21:47 UTC 2005


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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:12:11AM +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> Is there a tool to burn CDs in Linux? I want to backup some files before the upgrade. The CDs burned under Windows I can't write to even if the CD is writtable.

You have several options.

- cdroast - a command-line app.

- Xcdroast - an X wrapper around cdroast

- growisofs - another command-line app that improves on cdroast

- k3b - another GUI app.

- GNOME Nautilus can do it, too.

> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> 
> > jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote: 
> > > Is there a problem having had saved the files to my HD? I take it I can 
> > > still burn them as images from there? 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help 
> > 
> > No problem at all. That is what you have to do anyway. When you burn the 
> > iso image to CD your burning software will ask for the location of the 
> > iso file. 
> > 
> > Good luck 
> > 
> > Graeme. 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> > > 
> > > > jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > >Ok so I have downloaded the *.iso files now what? I don't yet 
> > > know enough about 
> > > > Linx to use these files. Can anyone help? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > Those are image files. Burn them to CD as image files, Don't unpack 
> > > > them, Don't burn them as regular files. Then put the first one in 
> > > the CD 
> > > > drive of the machine you want to install to and boot from the CD 
> > > (you 
> > > > may have to change the settings in your BIOS to get it to boot 
> > > from the 
> > > > CD). 
> > > > 
> > > > The install will ask if you want to check your CDs before 
> > > continuing. It 
> > > > is a good idea to do that the first time you use them. 
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > Kind regards, 
> > 
> > Graeme. 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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