clone cd disk to cd disk

Fabian Keil freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de
Sat May 14 15:29:22 PDT 2005


"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> 
> > Looking for command line job that will clone a bootable cdrom disk
> raw
> > sector by sector to blank cdrom so its also bootable.
> >
> > Any recommendations on how to do this so?
> 
> I would chose readcd + cdrecord, but dd + burncd should work
> as well and can be used with the GENERIC kernel.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-c
> ds.html
> 
> Fabian
> --
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fabian Keil
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 5:22 PM
> To: fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD. ORG
> Subject: Re: clone cd disk to cd disk
> 
> Its my understanding both of your suggestions only read the contents
> of the source cd as files thus no MBR or any of those imbedded
> hidden hardware security measures would get cloned.  Which is the
> purpose of asking for a cdrom sector cloning program or utility.

1. Neither dd nor readcd does "file reading".
2. You don't need to clone sectors to copy a bootable cd.
3. readcd has a clone switch.
4. If your "hidden hardware security measures" read the ATIP,
   you are lost anyway.

Fabian
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