Date: 06 Oct 2005 13:29:48 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos Message-ID: <448xx6zh83.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <002001c5ca98$f27d12d0$0900a8c0@satellite> References: <000301c5ca95$ef07f0a0$0900a8c0@satellite> <44irwazikc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <002001c5ca98$f27d12d0$0900a8c0@satellite>
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"Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes: > Thanks for your reply. I will give your crib sheet a go and if it > is as good as it sounds i will like it! Do you have any other info > along those lines, not necessarily on that subject but fast tips like > that? If so i'd be interested. The official FreeBSD documentation is excellent, and includes a section (in the FreeBSD Handbook) on how to duplicate a CD-ROM. http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html#IMAGING-CD My crib sheet was really only for my own use, so it assumes my shell. csh-type shells would need slightly different syntax. I have some other tricks of my own, on my web site at < http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/ > > When you say grab all the tracks do you mean use dd when burning? I did mean that. But I'm not sure it's necessary; using the raw disk device *should* get all of the data on the disk. > Currently i use windows copy to get everything, i've got hidden files > and os files turned on so i get all the files, i have never tried it For a bootable CD, getting all of the files isn't enough. Some of the data you need isn't in a file on the CD filesystem. > using unix for the copy, then hooking up to the share crossnetwork, > doing the work, and then burning, do you know anyone who has done > this, i'd like not to make a deaddisk if i can help it. I recommend using CD-RW disks when experimenting, and then you don't worry about wasting the burn. Or just buy enough super-cheapie blanks that you don't worry about wasting them. Good luck.
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