An easy way to make an iso is `dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso` where /dev/cdrom is your cdrom device and filename.iso is the name of the iso image to be created. You can also use cdrdao to make a bin/toc format CD image, but it requires you to use a scsi drive or the ide-scsi emulation layer (which you probably already do if the drive in question is a CDR/W). mkisofs is mainly for making an iso filesystem image from files on disk.
Levi
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:31:28 -0500 (EST)
jeremy bowers <ferret@jeremybowers.com> wrote:
> I have a cd that I would like to back up to a disc image on my hard
> drive.
>
> The mkisofs man page isn't helping me very much .. here's my last try.
>
> > mkisofs -v foo.iso /mnt/cdrom/
> > invalid node - foo.iso
>
> Do I have the path and the filename backwards, or what?
>
> So I checked. From http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/help/mkisofs/mkisofs.htm
>
> > mkisofs [-a] [-b boot_image] [-c boot_catalog]
> > [-A application_id] [-f] [-d] [-D] [-i include-list]
> > [-l] [-L] [-p preparer] [-P publisher] [-r] [-R]
> > [-T] [-v] [-V] [-V volid] [-x path] [-z] [-m glob]
> > -o filename path
>
> Even worse, if I just type
>
> > mkisofs -v /mnt/cdrom1/
>
> Bad, bad things happen. (Screen fills up with type.)
>
> Okay sluggers, now what? I must be missing something.
>
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