Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-07 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:05:47PM +0100, Hendrik Hasenbein wrote: > Francisco Reyes wrote: > >Other than speed is there any consideration about the buffer size? > I assume you are referring to the 'bs=2048' argument to dd. > The argument 'bs=2048' sets the block size to be used for the device. > Y

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-07 Thread Hendrik Hasenbein
Francisco Reyes wrote: Other than speed is there any consideration about the buffer size? I assume you are referring to the 'bs=2048' argument to dd. The argument 'bs=2048' sets the block size to be used for the device. You can't use another value for cdrom drives than 2048 except you are able to

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-07 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko wrote: > Ah, I see, first mount the cdrom, then make an iso from its filesystem - > then that's OK, but is seems a little of an overkill, as the cdrom > already `contains' the iso. If created your way, the image will not > be completely identical to

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ah, I see, first mount the cdrom, then make an iso from its filesystem - > then that's OK, but is seems a little of an overkill, as the cdrom > already `contains' the iso. If created your way, the image will not > be completely identical t

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-06 Thread Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:10:45 + (GMT) Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:42:35 + (GMT) > > Francisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, W. Sierke wrote: > >

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-06 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:42:35 + (GMT) > Francisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, W. Sierke wrote: > > > > > Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data > > > cdrom mounted in an

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-06 Thread Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:42:35 + (GMT) Francisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, W. Sierke wrote: > > > Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data > > cdrom mounted in an atapi cd-rom drive? > > I use a port called mkisofs. > mkisofs -R -l

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-06 Thread Francisco
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, W. Sierke wrote: > Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data > cdrom mounted in an atapi cd-rom drive? I use a port called mkisofs. mkisofs -R -l -J -o . So you would mount the CD and then CD into it. To later burn to another CD I use burncd -

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-04 Thread Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 02:51:12 +1030 "W. Sierke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > "Scott Mitchell" wrote: > > You want to use /dev/acd0c - the 'c' partition covers the whole disk. Yes, for those devices which are disklabel(8)'d. > > Something like: > > > > dd if=/dev/acd0c of=foo.iso bs=64k >

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-04 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:51:12AM +1030, W. Sierke wrote: > "Scott Mitchell" wrote: > > You want to use /dev/acd0c - the 'c' partition covers the whole disk. > > Something like: > > > > dd if=/dev/acd0c of=foo.iso bs=64k > > Ah! Thanks for that. The bs argument is crucial, I hadn't thought to try

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-04 Thread W. Sierke
"Scott Mitchell" wrote: > You want to use /dev/acd0c - the 'c' partition covers the whole disk. > Something like: > > dd if=/dev/acd0c of=foo.iso bs=64k Ah! Thanks for that. The bs argument is crucial, I hadn't thought to try anything further when without it I got: dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argumen

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-04 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:59:11AM +1030, W. Sierke wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data > cdrom mounted in an atapi cd-rom drive? All my googling has turned up is > suggestions like dd if=/dev/acd0 ... but I neither have nor can create (with >

How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

2004-01-04 Thread W. Sierke
Hi, Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data cdrom mounted in an atapi cd-rom drive? All my googling has turned up is suggestions like dd if=/dev/acd0 ... but I neither have nor can create (with MAKEDEV) /dev/acd0 (only /dev/acd0a and /dev/acd0c - FreeBSD 4.8) I've