Burning CDs on the command line
 

Not sure if this is software or hardware, so I'll just post it here...

Somehow, I managed to FUBAR X on my Mandrake 10 install. No idea how. So I'm going to backup my important data to a CD, then reinstall Linux (and probably format, too).

Except...how do I burn a CD on the command line? X is dead, so I can't use K3b. I can't use a live CD--I need to keep the CD in the drive. I can't boot into Windows (which I'm in now) to burn, as my Linux partition is ReiserFS which I can't access in Windows.

I have no idea how to burn on the command line, but it looks like it's my only choice. Can anyone help me?

Thanks...

This has been asked and answered many times in LQ. Please use the search function.

Try here http://linux.sgms-centre.com/howto/cdwriting.php

Lachlan

Thank you, Lachlan. That was exactly what I was looking for.