Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:43:22 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD Message-ID: <20011115154327.7054F3E84@bazooka.trit.org> In-Reply-To: <200111142010.fAEKA3W57453@freefall.freebsd.org>; from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org on "Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:10:03 -0800 (PST)"
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Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> wrote: > *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001 > --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Wed Nov 14 14:32:50 2001 > *************** > *** 5714,5719 **** > --- 5714,5744 ---- > </qandaentry> > > <qandaentry> > + <question id="copy-cd"> > + <para>How can I create an image of a data CD?</para> > + </question> > + > + <answer> > + <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you > + can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use > + &man.dd.1;. The example given here assumes that you have > + a IDE CDROM device that shows up as > + <devicename>acd0</devicename>. If you have a SCSI CD > + drive, you will want to substitute the correct device > + name.</para> > + > + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0c > + of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen> Did you try to look at the rendered output for this? It looks really, really ugly with the line break there. <screen>, like <programlisting>, is whitespace-sensitive. > + > + <para>This method does not work with audio CDs.</para> > + > + <para>For more on working with CDROMs, see <ulink > + URL="../handbook/creating-cds.html">this</ulink> chapter I think naming the chapter would help, since it's possible to render the FAQ in formats there hyperlinks don't work (e.g., txt, pdf). In those cases, this reference is absolutely useless. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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