From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 30 23:17:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1989316A469 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:17:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6BC13C45B for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:17:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5UNCrGU027109 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:12:53 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5UNCqYx027618 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:12:53 -0700 Message-ID: <4686E37A.3080806@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:12:58 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <000301c7bb60$264eee30$0200a8c0@satellite> <200706301739.29249.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200706301739.29249.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.30.155733 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backing up dvds 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: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:17:59 -0000 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