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 > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
