Find out in what /dev is your cd-rom:
drutil status Vendor Product Rev MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-825 DAM5 Type: CD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1 Cur Write: 16x CD Sessions: 1 Max Write: 16x CD Tracks: 3 Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Used: 66:55:27 blocks: 301152 / 616.76MB / 588.19MiB Writability:
So /dev/disk1 is or cd-rom now to make the ISO just run:
dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso
Where is your Manuel Joao Silva from? The family I’m working on was from Estreito de Camara de Lobos, Madeira that went to Molokai, Hawaii in 1906 and then to California.