Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:45:41 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD Message-ID: <20011115124541.A44037@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20011115154327.7054F3E84@bazooka.trit.org>; from dima@trit.org on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:43:22PM %2B0000 References: <200111142010.fAEKA3W57453@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011115154327.7054F3E84@bazooka.trit.org>
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--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:43:22PM +0000, Dima Dorfman wrote: > 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. Ack! No, I just make lint'd it. > > + <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. True. How's this? -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=cdimage *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Nov 15 12:41:33 2001 *************** *** 5714,5719 **** --- 5714,5743 ---- </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/cdrom of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen> + + <para>This method does not work with audio CDs.</para> + + <para>For more on working with CDROMs, see the <ulink + URL="../handbook/creating-cds.html">Creating and Using + Optical Media </ulink> chapter in the Handbook.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> <question id="nt-bootloader"> <para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para> </question> --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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