Re: image from CD

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

2008/6/10 gusti <ggh.develop@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> In the past I remember using the command "dd" in order to make an axactly
> image copy of some cd. But now the command "dd" does not work anymore.
> The dmesg give:
>   usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>     Vendor: Slimtype  Model: DVDRW SOSW-852S   Rev: PSX3
>     Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 00
>   sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
>   sr 48:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
>   sr 48:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
>
> but if I try "dd if=/dev/sg0 of=cd.iso" nothing happen, in the other way if
> I try "dd if=/dev/sr0 of=cd.iso", then I get:
>   pr100:/mnt/data4/root# dd if=/dev/sr0 of=cd.iso
>   dd: reading `/dev/sr0': Input/output error
>   0+0 records in
>   0+0 records out
>   0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.00694673 seconds, 0.0 kB/s
>
>
> So how can I make and exactly image CD copy?
>
> Thank you in advance, Gustavo
>

I would recommend that you use the program K3B to create an ISO image of the CD.

Dotan Cohen

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