Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > > i forgot to adapt my xorriso example from a few days ago: > > xorriso \ > -for_backup \ > -outdev usb_part1.iso \ > -map /mnt/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 /
Ok, my drive has grown from 1,7gB to about 2GB since the last try with DD which produced an image equal to the drive, 7,7gB and took for ever. This run in a second and produced an iso that is about half a MB. Is something wrong? -rw-r--r-- 1 user 458752 Mar 9 00:08 usb_part1.iso > > Note that the last "/" is not a misspelled "\" but the path to the > upcomming ISO's root directory. The "\" tell the shell that the command > line goes on in the next input line. > > This will create the (probably large) file usb_part1.iso, which you > can mount (as superuser) by: > > mkdir /mnt/usb_part1_iso > mount -o loop /where/it/is/usb_part1.iso /mnt/usb_part1_iso > > with "/where/it/is" replaced by the absolute path to the ISO image file. > Then the file tree copy should show up under /mnt/usb_part1_iso . > > If you have a DVD drive, with e.g. address /dev/sr0 and a DVD+RW in it, > then you may write directly to the DVD: > > xorriso \ > -for_backup \ > -outdev /dev/sr0 \ > -blank as_needed \ > -map /mnt/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 / > > "-blank as_needed" will enable overwriting of old content on the DVD+RW > or blank a DVD-RW. With DVD+RW or formatted DVD-RW, it will be fast. > With unformatted DVD-RW it will last as long as a full write run. > DVD-R or DVD+R are usable if not yet written by other burn runs. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > -- "The most violent element in society is ignorance" rEG
