[WBEL-users] Creating ISO images from CDs

[Conor Wynne]

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On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 20:00, Alfred von Campe wrote:
> > Sounds like a block size issue, try using a specific blocksize.  Doing=20
> > a
> > little quick math, it looks like the LCD on the ISO images is 32K, so
> > try
> >
> > Dd if=3D/dev/cdrom of=3Dimage.iso bs=3D32768
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> Alas, that didn't do the trick.  The ISO image created by the above dd=20
> command is identical to the one without the bs=3D32768.  I also tried=20
> using bs=3D16384 and bs=3D65536, but they both produce the same results a=
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> dd=3D32768 or omitting bs entirely.
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> One thing to note that the size difference for all three ISO images=20
> (between the originals and those created from the CDs with the dd=20
> command) is 307200, which is 300*1024 (or 75*4096).  Can anyone find=20
> any relevance in this information?

I think there is a problem with your CD. do an md5 sum to check. Or use
the test CD option pre-install time.

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> At this point, I have resolved my original problem.  I'm now just=20
> trying to satisfy my curiosity.
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> Thanks,
> Alfred
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Conor Wynne
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