Copying a CD-ROM disk

[Poontos]

Redhat CD... can I just copy the contents to my HD and then burn a CD from those files and it would be the exact same as the original? Thx

 

[pulse8]

I don't see why not.

 

[her209]

Not exactly, the bootable wont be copied.

 

[compudog]

You'll have the data, but not the structure and file system. Nero works well for copying CD's.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: Poontos
Redhat CD... can I just copy the contents to my HD and then burn a CD from those files and it would be the exact same as the original? Thx

It depends on what you're trying to do. If you want to be able to access the stuff on your hard drive, then yes, just copy and paste it. If you plan to make another CD from it sometime, you may want to make an image file (possible through Nero), but it's in a compressed form, and you probably won't want to open it up everytime you need something from it, but it will be a perfect clone (including the boot sector) of the CD.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Poontos]

Problem: RedHat install fails because it cannot find a file on the CD. The CD is directly from a Linux book that I have. They are probably not 100% best quality CD's. The reading device is my laptops' CD-ROM which is no desktop Plextor with regards to being able to compensate and read any kind of CD well.

So I tried doing a CD copy from EasyCD but now the install stops at a different point with the new CD, so I think the CD-R media is not of the best quality either, so I am going to try a different brand. But, I thought to help out a bit more, I would copy the contents of the original CD and then burn a new CD based on those files. I am wondering what would not be the same?

 

[LiQiCE]

You'd lose the boot sector on the CD-ROM which doesn't exist as a file or anything you can "see" in the contents of the CD when you're looking at it in Explorer.

Sounds like the CD you got from the book is bad and there probably isn't much you can do to repair it short of going back to the book store and getting another CD or downloading a new RedHat ISO from the net.

If you can manage to read all of the files on the disc from your desktop CD-ROM then I'd suggest copying it to an ISO or some sortof CD Image format to your hard drive like others had suggested and try burning it at a relatively slow speed (1x-4x) and then throwing that disc into your laptop. If the media isn't working in your laptop CD-ROM then you may have to try another type of media. Making an image of a CD is like making an exact copy of the CD. By copying the files to your hard drive you'll lose part of the CD (the boot sector which I mention above, and others had mentioned).

 

[Poontos]

How to make an ISO from the CD (from the book)?

 

[Anubis]

just open up nero and change you recording device to teh "image recorder" copy all the contentents of the CD into the new pane. and from the file menu select create image file.

 

[Poontos]

No have Nero. No $.

 

[Poontos]

Any further suggestions?

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: Poontos
Any further suggestions?

nero is shareware...or get the demo. I'm sure it'll work...if not, then it sounds like you need to patch your problem

-=bmacd=-

 

[tcsenter]

I haven't used Adaptec/Roxio EZCDC since v3.5, but I'm fairly certain it has an ISO CD imaging feature. Help files are your friend. Or did you mean something else when you stated "EasyCD"? Because that's also a freeware CD Player, not a CD mastering app.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

You could use cdrwin trial version, will be slow, extract it to the cue/bin format. Then use isobuster or something like it that is free to insert the file then reburn. Worth a shot.