Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:59:19 +1000 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Creating EXACT image of a CD Message-ID: <3AD784C7.B7F0B80A@quake.com.au> References: <3AD68EBA.EC6A8380@quake.com.au> <20010413135052.H75296@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst wrote: > > Kal Torak wrote: > > > I want to create exact ISO images of CD's... > > Like create the file system using the exact same file names and > > structure, not just copying the data... If there are null sectors on > > the CD or something then I want them to be part of the image... > > > > So yeah basically an exact image of it :) > > > > Anyway what tools for FreeBSD can I use to do this? with certain > > options to mkisofs can it be done? or using dd or something? > > yeah, you should just be able to use dd. > > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=exact-image.iso bs=2k > > other block sizes may work too, you could experiment. I think with data > CDs it has to be a multiple of 2k, couldn't swear to that though. Hmmm is there a tool to check the block size of a file system? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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