Creating an ISO from a CD

[Berserker]

All legit I hasten to add. I have a few data CDs that are getting a bit flaky and want to rip them to an ISO image that I can burn at a later date before they finally give up. No copy protection or anything evil like that to worry about (I did say it was legit), but being as at least one of the CDs is bootable, just copying the files isn't an option.

I have Mac (Intel) and Linux, so either is good.

Any suggestions?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Have you tried the Disk Utility? Click on the mounted filesystem in the DU and hit new image.

I've used it loads of times in the past.

 

[Berserker]

Will that preserve everything (i.e. can I make a new CD from that and have it bootable).

PS - Not liking the sound my Superdrive makes when I do this. Hope that's just because of the CD and not the drive itself.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

In my experience it preserves everything and makes perfect replications of the original image. I've only had it fail once and that was on a heavily DRM'd DVD movie.

 

[Berserker]

Well, it says it's bootable, and that's good enough for me.

 

[whatever]

ok, i am here to save your life...

try downloading ISOlator. it's freeware and just as easy as a drag&drop

 

[matja]

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my.iso bs=1M

 

[titchard]

I'd say that Disk Utility is your best bet.

It's great to see an ISO reading / writing program built into an OS - always thought that was lacking in XP. Surely a basic ISO reader could have been built into the explorer, I mean there's half the code there for mounting CDs!

Rich

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Disk Utility always seems to impress.

I found it once (purely by luck), and have used it many times to copy ISOs, make images and what not, and the best part is that I still haven't used it fully so I dare say I will come back to it one day and think "noob" like I did when I first discovered it