On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 19:30 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > I've got an FC5 DVD and would like to recreate the ISO file from it. What's > the proper way to do that? I tried "dd if=/dev/hda of=FC5-x86_64-DVD.iso" > but I get an "Input/Output error" and the file is only 188 MBytes, > obviously way too small. What else do I need to tell dd to extract an > image? (I'll be checking the SHA1SUM against that posted in the wiki. The > DVD was originally created from the torrent download advertised there.) > Try "dd if=/dev/hda of=FC5-x86_64-dvd.iso bs=2048". Not that this may not work for dual layer dvd's. You need to do an sha1sum on the DVD itself to make sure it matches the original image. LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
