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From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
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Subject: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
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>Number:         31990
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       new FAQ: imaging a data CD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 14 11:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:    Fri Nov 16 17:31:26 PST 2001
>Last-Modified:  Fri Nov 16 17:32:06 PST 2001
>Originator:     Michael Lucas
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:

today's -doc tree

>Description:

"How do I copy a data CD?"
-questions had many similar responses, I amalgamated them into this.

>How-To-Repeat:

read -questions.

>Fix:

*** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist	Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	Wed Nov 14 14:32:50 2001
***************
*** 5714,5719 ****
--- 5714,5744 ----
        </qandaentry>
  
        <qandaentry>
+         <question id="copy-cd">
+           <para>How can I create an image of a data CD?</para>
+         </question>
+ 
+         <answer>
+           <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you
+             can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use
+             &man.dd.1;.  The example given here assumes that you have
+             a IDE CDROM device that shows up as
+             <devicename>acd0</devicename>.  If you have a SCSI CD
+             drive, you will want to substitute the correct device
+             name.</para>
+ 
+           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/cdrom
+             of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
+ 
+           <para>This method does not work with audio CDs.</para>
+ 
+           <para>For more on working with CDROMs, see <ulink
+             URL="../handbook/creating-cds.html">this</ulink> chapter
+             in the Handbook.</para>
+         </answer>
+       </qandaentry>
+ 
+       <qandaentry>
          <question id="nt-bootloader">
            <para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para>
          </question>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:59:09 -0800 (PST)

 On 14-Nov-01 mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org wrote:
 > +         <answer>
 > +           <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you
 > +             can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use
 > +             &man.dd.1;.  The example given here assumes that you have
 > +             a IDE CDROM device that shows up as
 > +             <devicename>acd0</devicename>.  If you have a SCSI CD
 > +             drive, you will want to substitute the correct device
 > +             name.</para>
 > + 
 > +           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/cdrom
 > +             of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
 
 Uh, shouldn't that be /dev/acd0 according to the previous paragraph?
 
 -- 
 
 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
 "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/

From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:02:01 -0500

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 On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 11:59:09AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
 > Uh, shouldn't that be /dev/acd0 according to the previous paragraph?
 
 But the example worked on my system... ;)
 
 Mea culpa.  Correction attached.
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Michael Lucas
 mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
 http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
 Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons
 
 --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=cdimage
 
 *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist	Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001
 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	Wed Nov 14 14:32:50 2001
 ***************
 *** 5714,5719 ****
 --- 5714,5744 ----
         </qandaentry>
   
         <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="copy-cd">
 +           <para>How can I create an image of a data CD?</para>
 +         </question>
 + 
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you
 +             can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use
 +             &man.dd.1;.  The example given here assumes that you have
 +             a IDE CDROM device that shows up as
 +             <devicename>acd0</devicename>.  If you have a SCSI CD
 +             drive, you will want to substitute the correct device
 +             name.</para>
 + 
 +           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0c
 +             of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
 + 
 +           <para>This method does not work with audio CDs.</para>
 + 
 +           <para>For more on working with CDROMs, see <ulink
 +             URL="../handbook/creating-cds.html">this</ulink> chapter
 +             in the Handbook.</para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 + 
 +       <qandaentry>
           <question id="nt-bootloader">
             <para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para>
           </question>
 
 --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: chern 
State-Changed-When: Fri Nov 16 17:31:26 PST 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Added a bit more to your entry and committed it, Thanks! 


http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31990 
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