Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:50:52 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Creating EXACT image of a CD Message-ID: <20010413135052.H75296@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3AD68EBA.EC6A8380@quake.com.au> References: <3AD68EBA.EC6A8380@quake.com.au>
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Kal Torak wrote: > I want to create exact ISO images of CD's... > Like create the file system using the exact same file names and > structure, not just copying the data... If there are null sectors on > the CD or something then I want them to be part of the image... > > So yeah basically an exact image of it :) > > Anyway what tools for FreeBSD can I use to do this? with certain > options to mkisofs can it be done? or using dd or something? yeah, you should just be able to use dd. dd if=/dev/cdrom of=exact-image.iso bs=2k other block sizes may work too, you could experiment. I think with data CDs it has to be a multiple of 2k, couldn't swear to that though. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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