Create ISO image from CDROM / DVD Red Hat RHEL 5.1

Simple command to create an ISO image of a CD or DVD on Redhat rhel 5.1.
NO ADDITIONAL software or utilities need to be installed but the interface is not exactly user friendly

dd if=/dev/hdc of=/tmp/my_cd_backup_iso_file.iso


However, if you want to 'burn CD' from an iso file on a redhat ide type CDRW drive ,use:

cdrecord -v -dev ATAPI:/dev/hdc -data my_iso_file_to_burn.iso



To Blank a rw dvd

make sure dvd+rw-tools.i386 package is installed

yum listgrep dvd

or download from rhn

yum install dvd+rw-tools

then format the dvdrw

/usr/bin/dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrom





Happy burning!

CS


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