At Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:39:58 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > 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? You don't *really* need Adobe Reader under CentOS. There are *lots* of open source, third party PDF readers: evince -- should already be installed (part of the base CentOS system) gv -- available from epel xpdf -- also available from epel Ghostscript will display a PDF file, although Ghostscript has no GUI (that is what gv is for). Ghostscript also includes some little scripts, including pdf2ps, which will convert a PDF file to a PostScript file. The resulting PostScript can then be sent to your printer: pdf2ps somepdffile.pdf - | lpr (Go to wiki.centos.org and search for 'third party repositories' and setup the EPel repository -- this will allow you to install gv and xpdf.) If you *really* must have Adobe Reader, you need to install the Adobe yum repository. Visit the Adobe site to get the URL of the Adobe repo RPM. > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/