I need help with this instruction.

[Goh Lip]

Steven Vollom wrote:
>
>> make a folder called say, Repo in your home.
> Is a folder the same as a directory?  Do I open the /home/steven directory to 
> create the 'folder' and name it Repo, or do I type 'mkdir Repo from the CLI?

Yes, you can make directory Repo either at cli or at dolphin 
~/home/steven. Yes, repeat again, should use word directory, not folder.

>
>>
>> " burn a cd of all the items in Repo"
> Is this a command line instruction? 

No, burn a data cd using K3b application; at K menu -->multimedia

  If it is, is the information I want
> burned to the CD when this command is entered?  Can I do this by removing the 
> Live CD and place the media and still be in the Live CD?

I am not talking about using livecd. And no, you cannot remove livecd to 
put in a cd rom to burn, if you have a separate drive, you could though.
But if you have a good working system, you can back up your apt archives 
for the possibility of reinstallation. Not using livecd.


> 
> If I open the partition that contains the applications I want to preserve and 
> the configurations I want to retain, and if I attempt to open Dolphin in that 
> partition, can I open Dolphin, press F4, and have a proper shell to work from?

Yes


> 
> Perhaps if I had more than one DVDRW to work from I wouldn't be so confused, 
> however with only the one writer, I am not sure I can remove the Live CD to 
> make a CD and still have the operation capability with the Live CD removed.  
> If this is difficult to understand, it was equally difficult to form the words in 
> a way that cover my thoughts.   Thanks!


Resending below messages you may have missed.

> Burn as data file, not iso or image. Do not include 'folder/Repo' 
> (correct word should be 'directory', sorry, not 'folder'), just all the 
> things in the directory 'Repo', make sure 'Package.gz' is there.
> 
> AFTER you have reinstalled, at the NEW installation, (if it is at new or 
> different computer, then, yes, at new computer), type in
> sudo apt-cdrom add
> 
> It will ask/prompt you to name the cd-rom, name it say, 'Repo-Jaunty' as 
> you made it from Jaunty archives. Good to marker-pen cdrom same name.

>>>> >>> These four commands exactly as written to get the result I need, or am I 
>>>> >>> expected to make adjustments based upon my knowledge of the task?  For 
>>>> >>> instance, I changed the capital 'S' to a small 's', 
> 
> Yes
> 
>>>>>> >>>>> burn a cd of all the items in Repo
>>>> >>> Are there any special instructions in how I set up the burn procedure, ie. 
>>>> >>> something like making it executable, or anything, or do I just burn the folder 
>>>> >>> Repo?
> 
> Burn as data file, not iso or image. Do not include 'folder/Repo' 
> (correct word should be 'directory', sorry, not 'folder'), just all the 
> things in the directory 'Repo', make sure 'Package.gz' is there.
> 
> AFTER you have reinstalled, at the NEW installation, (if it is at new or 
> different computer, then, yes, at new computer), type in
> sudo apt-cdrom add
> 
> It will ask/prompt you to name the cd-rom, name it say, 'Repo-Jaunty' as 
> you made it from Jaunty archives. Good to marker-pen cdrom same name.