making ISO images

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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:20:02 -0000


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mkisofs

Makes an iso.  Then you copy it to where you want and cdrecord it.


Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> said:

> OK, I'm looking to back up my home directory on my machine at work
> to CDR.  The problem is that my workstation doesn't have a burner,
> so I need to build the ISO (actually more than one...) on my machine,
> then copy it over to another machine to actually do the burn.  So
> I was looking for a tool that would allow me to select a bunch of
> directories, add up the total space so I know that it will fit on
> a disc, then make an ISO image with all that data.  I tried xcdroast,
> gcombust, and koncd, and none of them seemed to work very well for
> what I was trying to do.
> 
> Any suggestions on other programs to try?
> 
> -- 
> Edward Glowacki   glowack2@msu.edu
> Michigan State University 
> "...a partial solution to the right problem is better than a complete
> solution to the wrong one." (http://uiweb.com/issues/issue14.htm)
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