diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 5751069b4b..1e8b000b1c 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -3764,45 +3764,13 @@ quit - You most likely burned a raw file to your CD. This is - often the case if you tried to burn your data directly to - the CDROM, without creating an ISO9660 file system image - first. - - &prompt.root; burncd -f /dev/acd1c -s 12 data archive.tar.gz fixate - - CDs are sometimes burned this way, especially for - backup purposes. In order to retrieve the data burned to - the CD in the above manner, you would have to read data - from the raw device node : - - &prompt.root; tar xzvf /dev/acd1c - - However, if you want to be able to mount your CD under - FreeBSD and/or use it under a different operating system, - this method will not work. Instead, you will first have to - create an ISO 9660 filesystem from the files to be burned - to your CD. In order to do that, you will have to install - the sysutils/mkisofs port. Once that - has been done, you can create an ISO9660 image with the - following command : - - &prompt.root; mkisofs --allow-lowercase --allow-multidot -r -o cdimage cddir - - This will create a file named - cdimage from all files in the - cddir directory. You can then - type : - - &prompt.root; burncd -f /dev/acd1c -s 12 data cdimage fixate - - The resulting CD can be mounted under FreeBSD like any - other normal CD, and it will work under other operating - systems as well. For more information about creating and - using optical media (CDs and DVDs) with FreeBSD, please - see the FreeBSD - Handbook. - + You most likely burned a raw file to your CD, rather + than creating an ISO 9660 filesystem. Take a look at the + Handbook + chapter on creating CDROMs, particularly the + section on burning raw + data CDs.