14th
June
2007
Create .iso disk images from CD/DVD
Ubuntu Guide explains on how to make backups of your digital media. Follow these simple steps to
create .iso disk images of your CD/DVD. This is not specific to Ubuntu, you can use the steps to create .iso and MD5 checksum files in any distro.
Steps :
Turn a CD/DVD into an .iso
sudo umount /dev/cdrom
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=file.iso bs=1024
Turn a folder into an .iso
mkisofs -r -o file.iso /location_of_folder/
Generate an MD5 checksum file
md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5
How to create Image (ISO) files from CD/DVD [Ubuntu Guide]