Re: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:40:32 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > how can one create bootable CDs/DVDs? Is there a simple way to transfer > GRUB into the DVD/CDs? Or would "dd" of the /boot partition transfer the > whole thing?? I created a rescue system, containing all the tools I need by following this

Re: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-16 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 16 December 2005 08:11, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 23:02 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > > On 12/15/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 > > -boot-info-table > > Thanks. Wonderful info. The grub info pag

Re: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-15 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/15/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bootable, but mkisofs. To use GRUB, you have to make a /boot/grub > directory in your CD tree, and copy the stage2_eltorito file into that > directory along with grub.conf/menu.lst. Oh, I forgot one thing. Instead of (hdX,X) in grub.conf, yo

Re: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-15 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 23:02 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/15/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table Thanks. Wonderful info. /me just bought a DVD writer. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz

Re: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-15 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/15/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 19:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > the rest. I then have a weekly cron script that compresses the backup > > directories with squashfs and writes them to ISO images ready for writing > > to bootable DVDs. It makes rest

[OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups

2005-12-15 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 19:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > the rest. I then have a weekly cron script that compresses the backup > directories with squashfs and writes them to ISO images ready for writing > to bootable DVDs. It makes restoring individual files very easy, and a > completely hosed sy