From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 20:13:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79961065691 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:13:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtp2.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF6FE8FC16 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 21567 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2009 13:00:03 -0700 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 21418, pid: 21420, t: 2.1814s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on smtp2.surewest.net. X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=jDt-9pEAAAAA:8 a=aoCsIJWZbv5gampnDnEA:9 a=GVbn_hoqA3oIa20V7FoA:7 a=3GxxJoYamziAia2pk9WsUlQ9BMIA:4 Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by smtp2 with SMTP; 19 Aug 2009 13:00:00 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4B5181658B5; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:13:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1250712830; bh=M0GPmhatimf79S400z4SCI7Uoa9WPxyHBj0EktD2WQI=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=J+UMBop8uQOze/S/ZsOyWxyimAdabjoDDD49cupFlEmDgU3XRrg6sLy8s1YBM+1Sw qhc4a8QmVI56Y07KxJ8viaPw9JKgDZld+IX6taI6tZDsro3fERxzs1esmFP7in0dsc EsOqhnZzwZS65eK8Bf6CkG3o6jn1C3B9Zl7doRio= Message-ID: <4A8C5CF5.2040104@mykitchentable.net> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:13:41 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan Bethke References: <4A8C5475.3020205@mykitchentable.net> <9598E097-F552-4E66-B53B-5EA2CDF05E4F@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <9598E097-F552-4E66-B53B-5EA2CDF05E4F@lassitu.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090818-0, 08/18/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How To Copy DVD to ISO File X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:13:57 -0000 Stefan Bethke wrote: > Am 19.08.2009 um 21:37 schrieb Drew Tomlinson: > >> I'm using 8.0-BETA2 and have a SATA DVD drive. I'd like to take a >> DVD and create an ISO file from it. I have not done this before on >> FreeBSD. >> >> I've googled and it appears it should be as simple as: >> >> dd if=/dev/ of=/path/to/ISO >> >> So I figured out that my DVD drive is seen as /dev/acd0 and verified >> that it's accessible with "mount -t 9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt". After >> doing so, I can 'ls' files on /mnt. Then I unmounted the drive. >> >> So to create my ISO, I issued this command: >> >> dd if=/dev/acd0 of=DVD.iso >> >> But get this output: >> >> dd: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument >> 0+0 records in >> 0+0 records out >> 0 bytes transferred in 0.000132 secs (0 bytes/sec) >> >> I googled some more and thought that loading atapicam.ko might help. >> But yet I get the same error when using /dev/cd0. >> >> So what am I doing wrong? > > The driver only supports reads of blocksized chunks, so: > $ dd if=/dec/acd0 bs=2048 ... > should work. Thanks! That was it. I'm usually getting snagged by some sort of "BS"... :) Cheers, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com