Yeah, I know that there are some howtos already, but my main goal is to make my own collection of tutorials on my site for newbies to be able to follow simply. No extra stuff, just the info they need. That's my goal.
I think that the dd command line is what I was after. Thanks a lot! On Wednesday 24 July 2002 05:51 pm, you wrote: > On Wednesday July 24 2002 03:16 pm, D. Olson wrote: > > I have been working a bit on a tutorial for this, but I would like to > > add how to make an ISO of a CD, and then burn it. > > > > Do you know how, via the commandline, to take everything on a CD and > > make it into an ISO? Preferably including the volume label and all > > that jazz. > > > > Thanks! > > Here's my latest ( disertation ;) on CL burning > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg99825.html > > Search the rest of the archive (expert too) and you'll find that > others have added many good and useful ideas. The example I posted > about on the cooker page (link below) gives an example of exactly how > to make a bootable .iso, create a bootable CD > > If you just want to "take everything on a CD" and copy it to an .iso > on your HDD, simply > 'dd if=/dev/cdrom/ of=/where/you/want-it/filename.iso' If it's a > bootable CD, the copy (.iso) on the HDD will be also since it already > includes a bootable .img file. > > A CD-writing HowTo already exists, and has examples. Best way to > find out what works... is trial'n error. Just use the '-dummy' option > when testing CD writes. Soon you won't need it after you get the hang > of it. Then you'll wonder why anybody would want the confusion of GUI's > for CD burning. MOF, I believe it's needed to learn CL burning, just to > figure out most CD burning software GUI's ;) -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ MUB-NWN http://nwn.by-a.com/ WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting.
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