Cd Burning

[bignasty]

Hi guys, im a linux noob and i have some data on a linux box (red hat 8) that i need to put on cd, the box has a cd burner but how would i go about burning the stuff onto a cd??

[BillLeeLee]

bignasty, the simplest thing I can tell you is to install k3b or xcdroast. However, I don't know if you're using a 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel, so maybe your kernel isn't configured to allow you to burn cds yet. (2.4.x needs scsi-emulation support enabled and such, 2.6.x supports ATAPI burning)

Install either of those programs (I like K3b more since I'm using 2.6.5 kernel) and see if they work. If not, post back.

[bignasty]

how would i check to see which kernel i am using??

[BillLeeLee]

uname -a

This should print out a line saying your computer's name, kernel version, CPU, etc.

Here's what mine looks like:


bill@canti bill $ uname -a
Linux canti 2.6.5-gentoo #4 SMP Wed May 19 21:50:55 EST 2004 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux


It says I'm using a 2.6.5 kernel (gentoo-development sources, yours will be different).