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39. Backing up the new system Linux to a CD-R

- Download mkisofs from the URL in Section 5

- Uncompress the archive


                tar -xzvf mkisofs-1.11.3.tar.gz

- Now do the following:


                ./configure
                make
                make install

- Next, assuming that you have enough drive space on your local HD (run a "df" to check) and you have at LEAST 16MB of RAM (per the mkisofs docs. Trust me, its true), do the following:


                cd /    
                mkisofs -o /tmp/TrinityOS-101098.iso -a -L -R -V TrinityOS .

This will create a ISO image in /tmp which will include all files (-a), allow files to start with a "." (-L), enable RockRidge extentions to support EXT2 file permissions (-R), give the ISO image a volume name of "TrinityOS" and backup the files from the current directory (/).


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