How to burn a ext3 file system on a cd?

[Kevin Krieser]

A 2 step approach might be to make a loopback image, then burn that to
CD.  Though a mounting would be a 2 step approach requiring root access.

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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:59:20 +0100, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> > # mount -t ext3 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> 
>  Strange. I actually tested this on RH 9 before submitting the post 
> (with a
> smaller filesystem to save me some time burning), and I can mount it
with 
> /dev/cdrom. Now I test it again it works for /dev/cdrom (cd-reader),
but 
> fails for /dev/cdrom1 (cd-writer). Hm. Maybe something to do with scsi

> emulation?

All that works for me is reading the superblock with dumpe2fs.  It might
also have something to do with how ISO 9660 is designed specifically for
CDs and their different media access technique (if it's not just for
increased efficiency). Spent a bit at Google, and it there other
success/failure reports about burning ext2 to CD.

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