You could use xcdroast. But I perfer just using cdrecord. Carl P. On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 22:35, DARREN BROWN wrote: > I want to use the CD as the soucre and make a copy like to original CD. Do you have any suggestions on what cmd to use or how to do it? > > > Regards, > Darren > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Nash > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:11 AM > To: Plug-discuss > Subject: Re: Copy iso Disk > > On 12 Nov 2002, Carl Parrish wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 22:26, DARREN BROWN wrote: > > > The if=/dev/cdrom is the CD inside the CDROM containing the data I wish to copy. > > > > > > Then what is of=/target/dir/file.iso? > > > If I understand, file.iso is the data that is copied to this directory. > > > If so, can I then copy the data to a CD burner? Like a USB burner? HP.... > > > > > > > The only think I'm a bit unclear of here is if I'd need to then run > > mkisofs on file.iso > > > > If you're using dd with the cdrom as your source, no. You're > duplication the contents, which are already in iso format. mkisofs is for > making an ISO from a file structure that *isn't* in ISO9660 format. My > example before of using mkisofs on the mounted file system, would work for > replication of the iso, since you're just creating a new one from a > mounted file system, but as has been pointed out, won't maintain > boot sectors and the like. > > - billn > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss