How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

[Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:42:35 +0000 (GMT)
Francisco <francisco at natserv.net> probably wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, W. Sierke wrote:
> 
> > Is there a straightforward way of creating a file image (.iso) of a data
> > cdrom mounted in an atapi cd-rom drive?
> 
> I use a port called mkisofs.
> mkisofs -R -l -J -o <filename> .

He means getting the .iso from the cdrom, not putting it there. So the
previous postings are more `on topic', though this one should still be
interesting to the OP.

> So you would mount the CD and then CD into it.

:)

> To later burn to another CD I use
> burncd -f /dev/acd0c -s 10 data $1 fixate
> 
> Where 10 is the speed of my burner, but you should set it to the max speed
> of yours.. which if your CD burner is recent is probably faster than 10.
> :-)
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> As far as I knowh though this approach will not work to copy a bootable
> CD. The ISO image will be created and the content will be there, but the
> new CD will not be bootable.
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