Thanks Rocky For some reason I was under the impression that an iso file was compressed in some way. When I was in Windows I remember opening a .iso file in WinRAR and viewing the files. jay On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:52:13PM -0500, Rocky Hurley wrote: > This works like a charm. Both copying the cds and jukebox. I've set 4 of > these up now... > > On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 11:15, Jay Daniels wrote: > > >From the Linux Journal archive cd: > > On Linux, the simplest way to make an image is with cat. Put the > > desired CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. Make sure the directory > > /mnt/images/ exists. If your CD-ROM disk block device is hdc, the > > image is created like this: > > > > cat /dev/hdc > /mnt/images/image1.iso > > <snip> > > > > Question: is this the best way to create iso's of my cdroms? I want to > > create a virtual cdrom server using apache and iso images of all my > > cdroms! I remember creating iso's from a cdrom before, but I remember > > it being more complex than a simple cat... > > > > If you have the Linux Journal Archive cdrom... > > Ref: file:///mnt/cdrom/LJ/LJ96/5639.html > > > > I wish to create a virtual cdrom jukebox similar to the one in this > > article; however, I will use iso files and apache to serve up the > > data and just use an index page with links to the root index of each > > cdrom iso image. The iso will be mounted to a directory under the > > apache root. > > > > > > jay > > -- > > Sometimes I feel like a rat in a cage... ---end quoted text--- -- Sometimes I feel like a rat in a cage... -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
