[rescue] RE: [geeks] IRIS Crimsons in Oregon

[George Adkins]

> > > > there last point of order... I have 6.2 disks that I got for my R4k
> > > > Indigo...
> > > >
> > > > On another topic entirely, does anyone know a good package for
> > > > ripping .iso's?
> > >
> > > I used to use dd, until I found 'readcd' which is included with
> > > cdrecord.  It's wonderful.  I've even used it to read CDs that were
> > > 'copy protected', and sometimes scratched.
> > >       Greg
> >
> > mmm, what I need is something I can use to make an ISO image which pretty
> > much anyone will be able to burn using pretty much any recording
> > software. 
>
> I think readcd will do just that. I believe that it's part of the
> pacakge of programs that I installed on my Linux cd-writer machine at
> work a while back. It'll make images of CDs that you can ftp to another
> OS (like w*****s or whatever) and burn to a CD. I think the .iso format
> is universal, isn't it?

Theoretically, but my experience has been that implementations vary, 
resulting in mixed results when you change platforms sometimes...