santner Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I am concerned about my windows 2000 install cd getting damaged, and I was wondering what the process is to make a backup to protect from scratches, breaks, etc... :o I have read that you need to create an image, and then burn the image to the disc. I have copied the files to a dir: cp -pax /mnt/cdrom/ /Windows2000/ and I don't know what the next step is. I imagine that I need to create an image from that directory(using mkisofs?) and then burn the image using k3b? Has anyone done this or know how this is suppose to be done? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 actually, you might be better off using k3b to do a direct copy of the CD. There should be a "copy cd" choice. The other option is to use dd to make an image of the cd: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/whereveryou/wantheimage/imagename.iso just copying the files off of it won't work due to the way the cdrom is set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 k3b to do a direct copy of the CD. There should be a "copy cd" choice Is this only if you have two cd drives and you copy from one drive to the other? Also, The other option is to use dd to make an image of the cd: Will this create the actual image, as opposed to using mkisofs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 k3b to do a direct copy of the CD. There should be a "copy cd" choice Is this only if you have two cd drives and you copy from one drive to the other? I believe it should, but I'm not 100% sure. The other option is to use dd to make an image of the cd: Will this create the actual image, as opposed to using mkisofs? this will create an exact image, including the boot sector of the cd. using mkisofs on the files you copied off of the cd will create an image of just those files. you can also use mkisofs to make an image of the cd. there was a thread somewhere that explained various ways to make a cd image....can't find it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Thank you for the answers. So I think that using: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/whereveryou/wantheimage/imagename.iso and then using k3b to burn the image should work. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I have taken all of my CD's (lots!) and burned them to individual ISO files on my hard drive. Whenever I need one, I just mount it and use it. THe only exception is the window's boot of course.. although you could possible get away with that too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 This worked: actually, you might be better off using k3b to do a direct copy of the CD. There should be a "copy cd" choice And this didn't: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/whereveryou/wantheimage/imagename.iso Because /dev/cdrom is not a file. I tried /dev/cdrom/* but again, that is not a single file. Is there a way to make this happen for the entire contents of the cdrom? I would like to have an .iso file on my harddrive as backup, just in case. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 I believe this might help from the commandline terminal: mkisofs --help A little complex at first but get it to work once and your home free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Check out this link for a thorough discussion of the problem and a nifty script called rawread which can be used to make dead accurate copies of a cd: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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