how do i record ISO from game cd ? solved

[buford]

i have pburn 3.4.1 .I see this would be simple if i had the new pburn at least if it was in a .pet so i could install and use it.

My goal is to get this done without devoting 3-12hours in learning things i will soon forget
Im sure if i was a master at searching forums it would seem possible to find instructions but if i search "iso" or "create iso" the forum just brings up everything i dont want.

My biggest hope is some helpful person will just give me a link to either a "how to" or a pburn.pet which is capable.
thanks.

maybe its possible to use isomaster, but so far, no luck

currently running puppy 528 official build. trying to back up a few games like diablo 1, starcraft 1. single cd games to ISO so i will have them if i lose the CDs .

[rcrsn51]

Open a folder where you have lots of space - probably not inside your savefile.

Load the CD and type a command like this

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dd if=/dev/sr0 of=diablo.iso

[buford]

WOW, you are amazing. I always love it when i can write a novel of my problems and someone comes along with a brilliant one-liner. This is totally working as far as i can see.

the only question i have is do i need to vary this code for a dvd? or same code regaurdless of dvd vs cd?

[8-bit]

It depends on what device your DVD shows up as.
You just edit that line that rcrsn51 provided by substituting the device shown for your DVD drive for the one following the "dd if=".
The destination for the ISO file must have enough space for the CD or DVD you are making a backup of though.
Also, make sure the destination device is mounted.
You should not mount the CD/DVD device though.