Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:39:21 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012790361.940754@mired.org> To: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs for learning about CD burning? Message-ID: <15447.23769.147840.134210@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <122588246@toto.iv>
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Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> types: > On Tuesday 29 January 2002 07:46 am, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > > Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> types: > > > > There's got to be a more direct way of doing task 2, and the list > > > > archives mention dd but everyone seems to be arguing about exactly how > > > > to do it. So far I see that you can make an image of a data (or > > > > audio??) CD with a command like > > > > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=2048 > > > > but I don't know whether I can just change it to of=/dev/cdwriter > > > > to do the whole job in one action, or use a pipe to a burncd command, > > > > or does it only work via an ISO image on the hard disk? > > burncd doesn's take input from stdin. In theory you should be able to use > > a pipe, but in practice when I've tried this it makes coasters. (That is, > > the disks don't work right.) > > AUGGHH! This made no sense. Let's try it again: > > Burncd doesn't takeinput from stdin. In theory you should be able to use a > NAMED pipe, but in practice when I've this it makes coasters. Actually, you had it right the first time. I've done: mkisofs -o - . | burncd data - fixate and that worked just fine. I do tend to do it on an otherwise unloaded machine, though. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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