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

[Mike Nicewonger]

What is wrong with using mkisofs???

Mike N

On Tue, 06 Nov 2001, you wrote:
> > > > > 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...
> 
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