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Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:11:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Aaron T Porter <atporter@primate.net>
To: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@yahoo-inc.com>
Cc: svlug@svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
> My task is simple. I want to clone a bootable CD (such as a Win98se or
> something similar). But I'm not sure exactly which mkisofs options are
> necessary, and I'd rather not waste a bunch of CDs experimenting.
My favorite way to do this (has worked with Linux, *BSD, Mac,
Win*, Solaris, Tru64, etc) is:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd-image.iso bs=1024
then
dd if=cd-image.iso of/dev/cdrom bs=1024
just make sure you have room for that file
or choice I think sure work is
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/burner bs=1024
just change burner to the real name of cd burner.
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:15:08 -0700
From: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@yahoo-inc.com>
To: Aaron T Porter <atporter@primate.net>
Cc: svlug@svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:11:10PM -0700, Aaron T Porter wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
>
> > My task is simple. I want to clone a bootable CD (such as a Win98se or
> > something similar). But I'm not sure exactly which mkisofs options are
> > necessary, and I'd rather not waste a bunch of CDs experimenting.
>
> My favorite way to do this (has worked with Linux, *BSD, Mac,
> Win*, Solaris, Tru64, etc) is:
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd-image.iso bs=1024
Yeah, someone at work just suggested that, too. Once you get past the
mental block of thinking you NEED to use mkisofs, this is the obvious
solution. :-)
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Aaron T Porter <atporter@primate.net>
To: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: svlug@svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Derek Balling wrote:
> I've always found, for some reason, that you need to do:
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=1024 count=`isosize /dev/cdrom`
>
> For some reason, I've always noticed if you overrun it doesn't make a
> useable image... least not that I've found. :-/
This also assumes that a cdrom is an iso9660 filesystem.
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:48:21 -0700
From: Robert-Emmanuel Mayssat <emayssat@cemax.com>
To: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@yahoo-inc.com>
Cc: Aaron T Porter <atporter@primate.net>, svlug@svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux
Jeremy Zawodny [jzawodn@yahoo-inc.com] wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
> >
> > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd-image.iso bs=1024
>
> Yeah, someone at work just suggested that, too. Once you get past the
> mental block of thinking you NEED to use mkisofs, this is the obvious
> solution. :-)
If you want to use mkisofs
1/ You need to mount the cdrom
2/ You need a bootable "file" ( dd of a bootable floppy )
3/ mkisofs -b bootfile -r -o /tmp/iso.iso
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:06:58 -0700
To: Larry Platzek <larryp@inow.com>, Dick Verna <rverna01@inow.com>
From: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux (fwd)
Cc: <svlug@svlug.org>
At 3:56 PM -0700 5/15/01, Larry Platzek wrote:
>then
> dd if=cd-image.iso of/dev/cdrom bs=1024
>just make sure you have room for that file
>or choice I think sure work is
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/burner bs=1024
>just change burner to the real name of cd burner.
No, that's a sure-fire way to get a coaster.
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 06:17:21 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Karl F. Larsen" <k5di@zianet.com>
To: Jeremy Zawodny <jzawodn@yahoo-inc.com>
Subject: Re: [svlug] Copying Bootable CDs with Linux
Get the CD-Burner-HOWTO and read how you capture the data from a
boot floppy to a file you read onto your cd-rom.
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