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| + | '''Create ISO Image From Any Disk or File Structure''' | ||
| + | * If it is a disk you are copying to an ISO image, first un-mount it, using the umount command: | ||
| + | (Only one of the below commands are required, depending on your system and how it automatically mounts disks) | ||
| + | <pre style="color:blue"> | ||
| + | umount /mnt/cdrom | ||
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| + | OR | ||
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| + | umount /mnt/sdd | ||
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| + | OR | ||
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| + | umount /mnt/sr0 | ||
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| + | OR | ||
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| + | umount /run/media/username/disk_name | ||
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| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | * Use the dd command to create an exact image of the disk or file system: | ||
| + | (Again, use the correct mounting point for your particular Linux system) | ||
| + | <pre style="color:blue"> | ||
| + | dd if=/dev/sr0 of=ISO_Image_File_Name.iso | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | * A really nice way of creating an ISO image using the dd command along with some other command line arguments, | ||
| + | to create a nice ncurses based status indicator while it creates the image, allowing you to monitor the progress of ISO image creation: | ||
| + | <pre style="color:blue"> | ||
| + | (pv -n /dev/sr0 | dd of=MP3s_G_through_J-3.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc,noerror) 2>&1 | dialog --gauge "Creating ISO Image... Please stand by..." 10 70 0 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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'''Create ISO Image from Mounted CD or DVD:''' | '''Create ISO Image from Mounted CD or DVD:''' | ||
* In the example below: | * In the example below: | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 2 July 2015
ISO Image Command Line Examples
Create ISO Image From Any Disk or File Structure
- If it is a disk you are copying to an ISO image, first un-mount it, using the umount command:
(Only one of the below commands are required, depending on your system and how it automatically mounts disks)
umount /mnt/cdrom OR umount /mnt/sdd OR umount /mnt/sr0 OR umount /run/media/username/disk_name
- Use the dd command to create an exact image of the disk or file system:
(Again, use the correct mounting point for your particular Linux system)
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=ISO_Image_File_Name.iso
- A really nice way of creating an ISO image using the dd command along with some other command line arguments,
to create a nice ncurses based status indicator while it creates the image, allowing you to monitor the progress of ISO image creation:
(pv -n /dev/sr0 | dd of=MP3s_G_through_J-3.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc,noerror) 2>&1 | dialog --gauge "Creating ISO Image... Please stand by..." 10 70 0
Create ISO Image from Mounted CD or DVD:
- In the example below:
- Replace "IMAGE_NAME.ISO" with what you want to name the ISO image file.
- Replace "/run/media/dir_disk_mounted_on/" with the entire path that the disk is mounted on.
- This exact same command can also be used to create an ISO image containing any mounted directory tree.
- Switches used in below example: -v = verbose output, -J and -R = Juliet & RockRidge extensions included for Windows compatibility.
genisoimage -o IMAGE_NAME.ISO -v -J -R /run/media/dir_disk_mounted_on/