<div>On 5/4/07, Tomoki Taniguchi <<a href="mailto:tomoki.taniguchi@gmail.com">tomoki.taniguchi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I want to create an .ISO image backup of a cd inserted into a local cdrom drive. can someone tell me the simplest way to to create an ISO image file?</blockquote><div> <snip> To create a vanilla ISO-9660 filesystem image in the file cd.iso, where the directory cd_dir will become the root directory if the CD, call: % mkisofs -o cd.iso cd_dir </snip> -- snipped from "man mkisofs" You might want to look at that man page, though. There are lots of options. Some of them are important. For example, if there are any long file names, you will probably need to enable Rock-Ridge and/or Joliet file extensions. -- Vince </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I prefer a console option, but also curious about any GUI tools that may be available as well. TIA, Tomoki Taniguchi -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>