hello everyone,,,i recently installed mandrake on my system at home,,,still getting the feel for it and able to figure some stuff out,,,what i'm attempting to do right now is move some files(.pdf, .txt., mp3., doc., etc...) on to my new mandrake system,,,i dont have the added advantage of a network at home right now and all attempts to transfer these files via cdr have failed,,,what do the resident *nix experts suggest i do,,,
thanks in advance,
james

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hmm how did you burn your cd's (which software, options, etc...did you use)?

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Yeah you should be able to burn it on CD. I like to use cdrecord. You can make an iso of the directories to back up and then burn. For ex.:

If you want to backup files in /home/apps:

mkisofs -o mybackup.iso -J -R -A -V -v /home/apps

Then use cdrecord:

cdrecord -scanbus

You'll get the device address. Remember that. If this don't work, you'll need to enable SCSI emulation (something that can be a pain). Then,

cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,2,2 mybackup.iso

Of course, adjust speed and dev to what it is on your system.

There's other ways, that is just the way *I* do it and I thought I would share it.

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