From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Dec 2 3:10:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8225C37B41C for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:10:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB2BA1922635; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:10:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2F837B416 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:01:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-130.wobline.de [212.68.69.138]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fB2B1Zn27480 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:01:35 +0100 Received: from jodie.ncptiddische.net (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB2B2Wt04352 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:02:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: from jodie.ncptiddische.net (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by jodie.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB2B1AI01533 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:01:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Message-Id: <20011202115407.C1522-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:01:10 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/32435: Answer frequently asked question about burning CDs Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 32435 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Answer frequently asked question about burning CDs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 02 03:10:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nils Holland >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: Ti Systems >Environment: System: FreeBSD jodie.ncptiddische.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 1 11:12:19 CET 2001 root@poison.ncptiddische.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JODIE i386 >Description: Recently, I often saw (and answered) a specific question about burning CDs on -question. Users tended to burn raw files (for example tarballs) to CDs, and then wondered why they couldn't mount the CD under FreeBSD or access the data on it under a different operating system. Although there is a chapter about burning CDs in the handbook, I prepared a FAQ entry that explains how such "raw" CDs are to be used, and how to actually create a "real" ISOFS CD then can be mounted under FreeBSD and is also accessible under other operating systems. >How-To-Repeat: Read the -questions archives and count how often this question was added during the last few weeks... >Fix: Apply this diff to faq/book.sgml: *** book.sgml Sun Dec 2 11:24:14 2001 --- book_new.sgml Sun Dec 2 11:51:35 2001 *************** *** 3667,3672 **** --- 3667,3707 ---- + + I burned a CD under FreeBSD and now I can not read it under any other operating + system. Why? + + + Most likely, you burned a raw file to your CD, probably by using a command + like: + + &prompt.root; burncd -f /dev/acd1c -s 12 data archive.tar.gz fixate + + CDs are sometimes burned that way, espeically for backup purposes. + In order to retrive the data burned to the CD in the above manner, you'd have to use + a command like: + + &prompt.root; tar xzvf /dev/acd1c + + If you want to be able to mount your CD under FreeBSD or use it under a different + operating system, however, this method will not work. Instead, you will have to create + an ISO 9660 filesystem from the files to be burned to your CD first. In order to do that, + you will first have to install the sysutils/mkisofs port. Once that + has been done, you can issue a command like: + + &prompt.root; mkisofs --allow-lowercase --allow-multodot -r -o cdimage cddir + + This will create a file named cdimage from all files in the + cddir directory. You can then do: + + &prompt.root; burncd -f /dev/acd1c -s 12 data cdimage fixate + + The resulting CD can be mounted under FreeBSD like any other normal CD, and it will work + under other operating systems as well. + + + + My printer is ridiculously slow. What can I do? >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: SEND-PR: -*- send-pr -*- SEND-PR: Lines starting with `SEND-PR' will be removed automatically, as SEND-PR: will all comments (text enclosed in `<' and `>'). SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Please consult the send-pr man page `send-pr(1)' or the Texinfo SEND-PR: manual if you are not sure how to fill out a problem report. SEND-PR: Note that the Synopsis field is mandatory. SEND-PR: SEND-PR: Please note that (unless you state otherwise) if your report SEND-PR: includes a patch then it will be taken under the same license as SEND-PR: the one on the file(s) you want to change. 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