On Thursday 10 September 2009 12:04:52 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 10 September 2009 09:45:46 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > In addition to the screenshot, using Linux it's very easy to create an > > ISO-file from an existing CD/DVD. > > I always do it with: > > # cp /dev/cdrom <path-to>/bladiebla.iso > > (change paths / names as appropriate) > > > > No need to install additional software to do this and I have succesfully > > used this to create ISO images from MS Windows install media as well for > > use with both VirtualBox and VMWare. > > This is indeed strange - to make an ISO of a CD-ROM and install from that. > I'll try it and see what happens. Thanks to you and Walt.
This is an easy way to install software that, when unpacked, is larger then a DVD, but don't want to copy it to the local drive every time. I have a few ISO-images of around 14Gig with software on it. Just connect that to the virtual machine and install from there. :) -- Joost
