I just hit the same problem.  Bypass mkisofs alltogether and use dd to make
an iso image.

dd of=/mnt/cdscratch/somecd.iso if=/dev/cdrom

Don't mount the CD.  Someone else posted this yesterday, I don't remember
if it was this list or another, but it worked well for me last night.

Stew Benedict


At 06:43 PM 1/4/01 +0200, you wrote:
>
>I have a bunch of CD-ROMs which I should duplicate under Linux using mkisofs.
>The CDs seem to be Mac format as I can mount them with the -t hfs option. I'd
>like the "duplicates" to be also in Mac format but also openable in
Windows --
>hybrids.
>
>Is there a program that could analyze the disc and tell me which fs on the
>cdrom is? I mean, the discs seem to use HFS,  but there seems to be a lot of
>extensions or something to it regarding the CD-ROMs. At least I get that idea
>when looking at mkisofs' command line arguments:
>
>
>-hfs-type TYPE              Set HFS default TYPE
>-hfs-creator CREATOR        Set HFS default CREATOR
>-g, -apple                  Add Apple ISO9660 extensions
>-h, -hfs                    Create ISO9660/HFS hybrid
>-H MAPPING_FILE, -map MAPPING_FILE
>                            Map file extensions to HFS TYPE/CREATOR
>-magic FILE                 Magic file for HFS TYPE/CREATOR
>-probe                      Probe all files for Apple/Unix file types
>-mac-name                   Use Macintosh name for ISO9660/Joliet/RockRidge
>file name
>-no-mac-files               Do not look for Unix/Mac files (depreciated)
>-boot-hfs-file FILE         Set HFS boot image name
>-part                       Generate HFS partition table
>-cluster-size SIZE          Cluster size for PC Exchange Macintosh files
>-auto FILE                  Set HFS AutoStart file name
>-no-desktop                 Do not create the HFS (empty) Desktop files
>-hide-hfs GLOBFILE          Hide HFS file
>-hide-hfs-list FILE         List of HFS files to hide
>-hfs-volid HFS_VOLID        Volume name for the HFS partition
>-icon-position              Keep HFS icon position
>--cap                       Look for AUFS CAP Macintosh files
>--netatalk                  Look for NETATALK Macintosh files
>--double                    Look for AppleDouble Macintosh files
>--ethershare                Look for Helios EtherShare Macintosh files
>--exchange                  Look for PC Exchange Macintosh files
>--sgi                       Look for SGI Macintosh files
>--macbin                    Look for MacBinary Macintosh files
>--single                    Look for AppleSingle Macintosh files
>--ushare                    Look for IPT UShare Macintosh files
>--xinet                     Look for XINET Macintosh files
>--dave                      Look for DAVE Macintosh files
>--sfm                       Look for SFM Macintosh files
>
>
>How do I know what I need??? I probably have to use the -h switch, but what
>about the others, like -g?
>
>Puzzled,
>Peter
>
>
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