ISO backups

For those who want to download ISOs as a backup for their CDs I offer the following idea. Create iso images directly from your CDs. Granted it takes a bit of time but is definatly less time than if you would do the download. The command I got from the April 2002 issue of Linux Journal in a neat article about creating a CD Jukebox.. cat /dev/hdx > filename Where /dev/hdx is your CD device (note: a mount is NOT required( filename is what you want to call the ISO image. Example: /usr/local/iso/suse-80-1.iso Make 1 file for each CD and presto you have your image files in case you loose the CDs or as indicated earlier on this list.. your dog messes it up. Robert Friedrichshafen, Germany