From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 03:33:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90ED316A424 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 03:33:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A6F43D46 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 03:33:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4P3XIwJ097288 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 22:33:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from c-24-1-139-244.hsd1.tx.comcast.net ([24.1.139.244]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Wed, 24 May 2006 22:33:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <55634.24.1.139.244.1148527998.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 22:33:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: dd to create .iso of a cd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 03:33:23 -0000 i hate to ask another "back when i used linux" question, but here goes: "back when i used linux", i would create a .iso file of a cd like this: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/destfile.iso ... and it would just work. made a perfect copy every time (specifically, of microsoft cds at the office, and each one was able to burn to a bootable copy of what ever it was). well, i tried to do this in freebsd, but no luck. i was able to take a .iso file, but it did not make a bootable disk once it was burned. my command was the same as above, but added bs=2048 at the end(as per what i read in the handbook). can anyone recommend how to create a .iso image in freebsd that will render a bootable .iso file? i hate to have to keep a linux box around the office just for the purpose of successfully creating a .iso file :) cheers, jonathan