make iso file from CD/DVD

[appy.djuetce]

Power ISO and magic ISO are 2 best tools for this purpose on windows xp platform

 

[Sushubh]

oh well i was just looking for a simple tool. and it seemed to work fine. not bad for a 50KB utility!

 

[zeo]

just need to test burn it.

You can mount the ISO file using any of the virtual drive softwares (Daemon Tools, Alcohol 52%, etc.) and compare it bit-by-bit by this application:
File Splitters, freeware and multi-platform: HJSplit

No need to test burn it.

 

[amish]

so the second command would process all the content on the CD to make an ISO and then show the MD5 value?

winrar opened up the ISO file fine. showed the content inside it.

just need to test burn it.

yes, 2nd file doesnt make ISO file actually. it sends ISO file to stdout which is piped to stdin of md5sum

OR as suggested above, mount the file

mkdir /media/cdrom.iso (or any directory)
mount FILENAME.iso /media/cdrom.iso -o ro,loop

Mount the CDROM
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

run diff to verify
diff -r /media/cdrom /media/cdrom.iso

 

[Sushubh]

but it does the entire processing which is already done to make the ISO file in the first place right?

too bad i cannot get the md5 of the Dell cd i have.

i think we have a dude here who owns a dell inspiron model. if he has the dell edition of windows vista home professional... he can help me out with the data.

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You can mount the ISO file using any of the virtual drive softwares (Daemon Tools, Alcohol 52%, etc.) and compare it bit-by-bit by this application:
File Splitters, freeware and multi-platform: HJSplit

No need to test burn it.



oh well. i can also probably extract the ISO file and check the file sizes!

but it is tough to check if the resultant DVD would boot properly without the real testing

 

[amish]

if u want u can use 'tee' command, so that md5sum is done at same time the file is createdreadcd dev=/dev/cdrom f=- |tee FILENAME.iso | md5summd5sum FILENAME.iso Linux has it all

 

[Sushubh]

but linux does not have me

 

[amish]

ha, u got fed up of me pushing for linux

 

[Sushubh]

oh well i want to run linux. but i am on win7rc and i am pretty much not able to run it at all in this situation! usually i always have it in dual boot.

 

[honey01]

but it is tough to check if the resultant DVD would boot properly without the real testing

virtualbox was updated today, grab a copy and install vista in it. although that Dell copy may not activate in the virtual environment (since vbox's bios is different from the actual dell bios), you can get an idea fir it boots and install well