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From: Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reading a DVD as an ISO image
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:05:31
Message-Id: 4b0282b4.UIs1GiQUAMl1zUlk%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Reading a DVD as an ISO image by Daniel Pielmeier
1 Daniel Pielmeier <billie@g.o> wrote:
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3 > 2009/11/17 Sebastian Beßler <webmaster@××××××××××××.de>:
4 > >> What about mounting the iso and create it again from the mountpoint.
5 > >
6 > > That he has deleted the iso?
7 >
8 > Well, he then can create the iso again from the mounted DVD, without
9 > readcd or dd, but with the same program (mkisofs?) he used before.
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11 This works only in case that the OS correctly supports all features in the
12 filesystem. As Linux does not support hard links correctly, callig mkisofs
13 again will not always result in an identical image and the new image might
14 not fit on the medium....
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16 I recommend readcd as it reads directly from the medium and as it correctly
17 informs you whether there was a read problem.
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19 Jörg
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Re: [gentoo-user] Reading a DVD as an ISO image "José Romildo Malaquias" <j.romildo@×××××.com>