David wrote:
On 21 February 2014 23:32, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
I have *NO* internet connectivity.
I have Squeeze installed.
I have complete DVD install set.
I want to re-create the ISO files from which they came.
A month ago (http://lists.debian.org/52e270fb.7070...@cloud85.net)
in another thread we already discussed this as follows:
Things have changed slightly:
then I was focused on attempting to understand loop devices.
I have learned more in the meantime leading to suspect the
understanding loop
devices wasn't as related to solving my underlying problem as
I had thought.
On 25 January 2014 00:56, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
David wrote:
Ordinarily, an iso file is used to prepare a filesystem image that is
then burnt to a dvd. But you want to go in the opposite direction.
Somehow you need to read the entire dvd image into an iso file. And
this is not necessarily simple, see for example:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm#_Accurately_Reading_a_CD
Years ago I have done this successfully with CDs. I don't know if it
applies to DVDs.
From an initial reading, I don't see why it would not apply to a DVD.
Careful reread and experimentation to follow.
See also:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10
Section 10.3 and especially 10.3.6 following "you can ... make the
ISO9660 image directly from the CD-ROM device as follows"
I've found other portions of that work valuable in the past. Thanks for
reminding me of it. Chapters 9 and 10 should keep me occupied. "10.3.8.
Mounting the ISO9660 image file" implies an answer to my question.
Sometime between then and now, it seems that the debian-reference has
been edited and that information has entirely disappeared from the current
version, and so the above debian.org link is now broken. Perhaps if you have
the squeeze version, it will still contain the relevant information.
The Wayback Machine comes to the rescue here. A link to older
version is
http://web.archive.org/web/20131224033423/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10
The first link I provided is still valid, and provides instructions
how to create an
iso file from cd media. Did you try this? What happens when you follow
those instructions?
I made one attempt but dd effectively ignored me. A reply in this
thread and a reread of your first link suggests a typo. Will try
again this afternoon.
Thanks again.
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