cdrecord needs a .ISO file as its input. you can use mkisofs to create > one fromm file(s), its a fairly complex command with a LOT of options, > but at its simplest, creating a simple RockRidge CD-ROM, > > mkisofs -o mycd.iso -r dir-with-files > > the specified dir will become the root of the CD. then you can use > cdrecord to burn mycd.iso ... see the respective man pages for more > options. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thank you for your help . To this end , I am now able to burn my pdf file onto data cd on my CentOS . I tried to install Adobe on my CentOS , as the following : #yum install AdobeReader_enu But it didn't get through. Can you please let me know how I can have it so I no longer need to open the pdf files on my MS Windows client? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100314/b2ef7740/attachment-0005.html>