From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1En6a3-0000iJ-Fc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:48:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBG3kcdY006500; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:46:38 GMT Received: from wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.52]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBG3fOaw020369 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:41:25 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.111]) by wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:41:17 -0800 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBG3eWM7009861 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:40:33 +0800 Subject: [OT] how to make Bootable DVD/CDs [Was] Re: [gentoo-user] Backups From: Ow Mun Heng To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20051215191550.42ad893b@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <1cc2dc830512150503o789056d5n8bec0a3dbd514356@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640512150853w3e222393naaed2d1802f783df@mail.gmail.com> <20051215191550.42ad893b@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:40:32 +0800 Message-Id: <1134704432.312.12.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Dec 2005 03:41:19.0150 (UTC) FILETIME=[934ABCE0:01C601F2] X-Archives-Salt: 9cb7374c-d498-4bc1-ae67-d1efcc9a7729 X-Archives-Hash: cd5b4f9e5e448d8918124a0cca80510c On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 19:15 +0000, 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 system can be fixed because the DVDs are bootable. 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?? -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 11:40:31 up 1 day, 20:17, 5 users, load average: 0.28, 0.36, 0.45 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list