Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 22:33:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dd to create .iso of a cd Message-ID: <55634.24.1.139.244.1148527998.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com>
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i hate to ask another "back when i used linux" question, but here goes: "back when i used linux", i would create a .iso file of a cd like this: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/destfile.iso ... and it would just work. made a perfect copy every time (specifically, of microsoft cds at the office, and each one was able to burn to a bootable copy of what ever it was). well, i tried to do this in freebsd, but no luck. i was able to take a .iso file, but it did not make a bootable disk once it was burned. my command was the same as above, but added bs=2048 at the end(as per what i read in the handbook). can anyone recommend how to create a .iso image in freebsd that will render a bootable .iso file? i hate to have to keep a linux box around the office just for the purpose of successfully creating a .iso file :) cheers, jonathan
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