On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 13:21 -0700, w bugar wrote: > Sorry for a simple question, but can someone tell me > the commands and options (mkisofs, cdrecord I presume) > to throw a directory(s) to a DVD? I know someone will > say to use man but my machine just gives me a prompt > during the Checking Filesystem phase of booting and > man doesn't work. Ouch! > I can still access /home so I'd like > to try to save it before trying a reload of FC4. > (cdrecord --scanbus returns 1,0,0) Since you have e-mail access, hopefully you can also browse the web. Can find man pages on-line. You probably want growisofs for DVD, so try a google on "man growisofs" (mkisofs|cdrecord|...) One result from above: http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/growisofs1.html Here's a bit from the growisofs man page that may be helpful. EXAMPLES Actual device names vary from one operating system to another. We use /dev/dvd as a collective name or as symbolic link to the actual device if you wish. Under Linux it will most likely be an ide-scsi device such as "/dev/scd0." Under NetBSD/OpenBSD it has to be a character SCSI CD-ROM device such as "/dev/rcd0c." Under Solaris it also has to be a character SCSI/ATAPI CD-ROM device, e.g. "/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2" or "/vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0." And likewise in HP-UX and IRIX... To master and burn an ISO9660 volume with Joliet and Rock-Ridge exten- sions on a DVD: growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -J /some/files To append more data to same DVD: growisofs -M /dev/dvd -R -J /more/files Make sure to use the same options for both inital burning and follow- ing sessions. Good luck, Phil
