[TriLUG] creating ISO images using Linux

[Thunder Bear]

That two step process is twice as long as it needs to be.

1. dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso

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On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 02:58 PM, Greg Brown wrote:

> Neato.  This couldn't have been easier.  Here what you do:
>
> 1. mount the CD-ROM (we'll assume a mounted directory of /mnt/cdrom)
> 2. mkisofs -o cd.iso /mnt/cdrom
>
> This creates a the file cd.iso in the current directory (now, grated, 
> I've
> tried to burn this to CD yet, but all signs point towards it will 
> work).
>
> It's that easy.
>
> I love Linux. :)
>
> Oh, if you're going to attempt to use xcdroast, get the lastest 
> version from
> www.xcdroast.org.  The version that ships with RH isn't the lastest and
> greatest.
>
> Greg
>
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