Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:58:48 -0400 From: Jeff MacDonald <info@bignose.ca> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making an ISO from a CD Message-ID: <1069160328.19943.1.camel@milhouse.bignose.ca> In-Reply-To: <200311181953.03725.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <20031117222211.GA18631@beast.clarksys.com> <20031117230802.GA2663@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <200311181953.03725.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Believe if or not you can just do this 1: put the cd in 2: cat /dev/cdromdevice > foo.iso it works, i've done it many times, just don't mount the device. Jeff. On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 05:23, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:38, Bill Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003, Max Clark wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > > > >How do you create an ISO from a cd as the source? Obviously when the ISO > > > where to be burned I would like it to be identical to the original cd. > > > > dd if=/dev/$cdrom of=tmpfile.iso > > > > Where $cdrom is the appropriate device name for your CD. > > This will probably report an invalid argument and fail. The default block size > is too small for CDs. For ISO9660 data CDs add the argument 'bs=2048' > (Not sure what it should be for audio CDs) > > Malcolm > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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