Re: [SLUG] Mking copy of the borg's stuff

[John Clarke <johnc@nospam.vastsystems.com.au>]

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 04:26:09PM +1000, Terry Collins wrote:

> I need to make a copy of win98 CD for offsite backup purposes.

Why not just make a binary image copy?  See the attached script for
details.

Cheers,

John
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whois !JC774-AU@nospam.whois.aunic.net
#!/bin/sh

if [ -f /cdimage/cdimage.dat ]
then
    rm -f /cdimage/cdimage.dat
    if [ -f /cdimage/cdimage.dat ]
    then
        echo "Cannot delete /cdimage/cdimage.dat"
        exit 1
    fi
fi

eject /dev/scd1

echo -n "Insert original CD into /dev/scd1, press return to start "
read reply

echo "Copying CD image ..."
dd if=/dev/scd1 of=/cdimage/cdimage.dat

eject /dev/scd1

echo -n "Insert blank CD into /dev/scd1, press return to start burn "
read reply

echo "Burning CD ..."
cdrecord -v dev=4,0 speed=4 /cdimage/cdimage.dat

eject /dev/scd1