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Date:      Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:10:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Message-ID:  <200111142010.fAEKA3W57453@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/31990; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:02:01 -0500

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 On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 11:59:09AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
 > Uh, shouldn't that be /dev/acd0 according to the previous paragraph?
 
 But the example worked on my system... ;)
 
 Mea culpa.  Correction attached.
 
 
 
 
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 Michael Lucas
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 http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
 Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons
 
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         </qandaentry>
   
         <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="copy-cd">
 +           <para>How can I create an image of a data CD?</para>
 +         </question>
 + 
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you
 +             can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use
 +             &man.dd.1;.  The example given here assumes that you have
 +             a IDE CDROM device that shows up as
 +             <devicename>acd0</devicename>.  If you have a SCSI CD
 +             drive, you will want to substitute the correct device
 +             name.</para>
 + 
 +           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0c
 +             of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
 + 
 +           <para>This method does not work with audio CDs.</para>
 + 
 +           <para>For more on working with CDROMs, see <ulink
 +             URL="../handbook/creating-cds.html">this</ulink> chapter
 +             in the Handbook.</para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 + 
 +       <qandaentry>
           <question id="nt-bootloader">
             <para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para>
           </question>
 
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