From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 05:35:49 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 B80B916A420 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 05:35:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from cayster.site5.com (cayster.multisite.site5.com [216.118.97.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5865E43D45 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 05:35:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from ppp110-20.lns1.hba1.internode.on.net ([150.101.110.20] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by cayster.site5.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1Fj8Ve-00076S-27; Thu, 25 May 2006 01:35:46 -0400 Message-ID: <44754221.202@webanoide.org> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:35:29 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <55634.24.1.139.244.1148527998.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <55634.24.1.139.244.1148527998.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: This message has been scanned by ClamAV. X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cayster.site5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - webanoide.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 05:35:49 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > 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 :) Hi, This is weird because it works for me. I do: $dd if=/dev/acd0 of=file.iso bs=2048 $burncd -f /dev/acd0 data file.iso fixate My burnt copies boot boxen without problems. How do you burn your ISOs? Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B