> > Even though "Make CD-ROM Recovery" at http://mkcdrec.ota.be/ is considered > > beta it seems to work well. > > Definitly looks useful, but the system is hosed already. Don't want to > back it up, just get some data and reinstall. Create the 'mkcdrec' rescue CD on another Linux box. The CD-writer support should be on the rescue CD and then you can easily back up your individual files.