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.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
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