[wellylug] How to I make an ISO image?

[Dave]

You shouldn't need to worry about the blocksize under Linux.

Just to make sure you have the correct commandline for your setup:

DVD:  dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso
CDROM:  dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso
SCSI CDROM:  dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.iso

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Thompson" <andy at fud.org.nz>
To: <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] How to I make an ISO image?


> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 20:33, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> > Un Linux how do I make an ISO image from a CD I have mounted in my CDROM
> > drive so that I may burn further copies of it?
> >
>
> use dd.
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=mycd.iso bs=2048
>
> The cd doesnt need to be mounted, and i'm pretty sure you need the
> blocksize (at least on my freebsd boxen).
>
>
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