burning data in rescue mode

aquaboot · 09-23-2006, 07:29 PM

Hi All,

Gnome is not activating after boot up and I am planning to do a reinstall (several other issues that a clean install should remedy). I am able to get command line in rescue mode but am unfamiliar with using my burner at the command line. I'm used to using gui gnomebaker or nautilus. How can I back up my data to my cdrw at the command line? Also, I'm having trouble mounting the drive- I get a complaint of wrong file system type. I specified iso9660 but I'm thinking this may be the wrong type.

Thanks Much,

ab

b0uncer · 09-24-2006, 11:59 AM

I'm not sure if you have to mount the drive first. Read

Code:

man cdrecord

and

Code:

man mkisofs

to get more information about how you create iso files and burn data on disks. Usually the GUI burning tools are merely front-ends to these apps (and others).

I still must say: a reinstall is often not needed. It would teach you so much more to find out how to solve the problems rather than just reinstall. Reinstalling the OS is something Windows users do; in the real world, you fix the problems. And next time you know how to avoid them (if you don't fix them, you don't know what happened and will probably do it again).