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Re: cd -> iso



On 6/18/05, Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
Strake:
>
> I have a cd that i want to make an iso image of. How do i do this?

Everything is a file:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=~/my-cdimage.iso

See manpage of dd for more options. When using dd, always be sure you
don't confuse if= (input file) and of= (output file). Typos can have
devastating effects, especially when you run this as root.

J.
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BodyID:3555333.2.n.logpart (stored separately)

dd: reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error


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