James Stuckey wrote: > Hi all, > > After finally figuring out how to back up my e-mail files I now need > to go about putting them onto a CD. What I have here is just a folder > with files inside of it. I have some notes that I took at some point > in front of me about making a CD and DVD and before I use them I'd > like to ask the list to see if I've got it right. Okay. No problem. > To make a *CD* one first needs to create an ISO file. This is done > with the "genisoimage" command. I took a look at the man-page for that > and it gives several examples. Which one do I use? Do I need a Vanilla > ISO9660 filesystem? Rock Ridge extensions? What's the difference? > > For a *DVD* the process is a little different. For example: "mkiso fs > -rJ -i image stuff && growisofs -dvd-compact -z /dve/dvd=image" You say this just as if it was the only way to write a CD. You're not obliged to burn an .iso image, be it on a CD or a DVD, to write its content to the CD (or DVD). If you want to keep data on a CD/DVD, why would you use an .iso? That's an image-backup extension. If you're using GUIs, I recommend you to switch to GUIs. > After either of those commands, one need simply "wodim image.iso" That must be with a particular program.
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