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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2001 13:29:59 -0500
From:      "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
To:        <r.j.steehouder@student.utwente.nl>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [FBSD-Q] Create ISO image from CDROM?
Message-ID:  <02a101c0bba2$eeb1ce20$7d7885c0@genroco.com>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.33.0104021221210.-16663005-100000@rhosgobel>

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From: "Rogier Steehouder" <r.j.steehouder@student.utwente.nl>
> Mail from Scot W. Hetzel, sent 31-03-2001:
>
> > I am trying to create an ISO image from a hybrid CD-ROM (Windows/Mac).
But
> > when I try to create the image with "dd", I get the following error:
> >
> > # dd if=/dev/acd0c of=image.iso
> > dd: /dev/acd0c: Bad address
> > 0+0 records in
> > 0+0 records out
> > 0 bytes transferred in 2.128974 secs (0 bytes/sec)
> >
> > How do I create the ISO image file from the CD?
>
> I recently learned you should specify a blocksize when reading from
> CD-ROM: bs=2048. I haven't tried yet and I don't know the exact number
> for sure.
>
Thanks for the tip, I used:

dd bs=2048 if=/dev/acd0c of=image.iso

and that made a iso image of the CD-ROM.

Scot



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