Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:12:58 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backing up dvds Message-ID: <4686E37A.3080806@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200706301739.29249.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <000301c7bb60$264eee30$0200a8c0@satellite> <200706301739.29249.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Saturday 30 June 2007 16:46:36 Dave wrote: > >> Hello, >> I've got a 6.2 box with a dvd writer in it. I want to back up some dvds >> to iso files so i can recreate the dvds at a later time should it be >> needed. I can use dvdbackup to backup in to a directory structure, but i'd >> rather not mount, create the directory, and iso, i'd rather make the iso >> directly from the dvd. Any pointers on this? >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> > > dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/path/to/filename.iso bs=1024 > > this is how i make my .iso files of data disks. > > cheers, > Both previous answers assume that you're not trying to backup copyrighted CDs. In that case you need to deCSS them first, but you're on your own with that. -Garrett
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