Re: burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos

From: Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-questions-local_at_be-well.ilk.org)
Date: 10/06/05

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    To: "Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Date: 06 Oct 2005 13:29:48 -0400

    "Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes:

    > Thanks for your reply. I will give your crib *** a go and if it
    > is as good as it sounds i will like it! Do you have any other info
    > along those lines, not necessarily on that subject but fast tips like
    > that? If so i'd be interested.

    The official FreeBSD documentation is excellent, and includes a
    section (in the FreeBSD Handbook) on how to duplicate a CD-ROM.

    http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html#IMAGING-CD

    My crib *** was really only for my own use, so it assumes my shell.
    csh-type shells would need slightly different syntax.

    I have some other tricks of my own, on my web site at
     < http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/ >

    > When you say grab all the tracks do you mean use dd when burning?

    I did mean that. But I'm not sure it's necessary; using the raw disk
    device *should* get all of the data on the disk.

    > Currently i use windows copy to get everything, i've got hidden files
    > and os files turned on so i get all the files, i have never tried it

    For a bootable CD, getting all of the files isn't enough. Some of the
    data you need isn't in a file on the CD filesystem.

    > using unix for the copy, then hooking up to the share crossnetwork,
    > doing the work, and then burning, do you know anyone who has done
    > this, i'd like not to make a deaddisk if i can help it.

    I recommend using CD-RW disks when experimenting, and then you don't
    worry about wasting the burn. Or just buy enough super-cheapie blanks
    that you don't worry about wasting them.

    Good luck.
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