Way to copy a CD-Rom on Hardy through Jaunty

[Karl F. Larsen]

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Fred Roller wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 11:02 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> 	I have a full CD-Rom I wish to copy bit by bit to a blank CD-Rom. I
> have just one CD drawer so need to write to the hard drive and then to a
> blank CD. Nothing works!!
> 
> 	What can I apt-get that will work???
> 
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
>>

> None. For the operation you want you just need enough space on your hard
> drive to  store the contents. Then use dd to create an .iso of the disk.

> 1. Insert CD to be copied
> *from command line*
> 2. umount /dev/cdrom0 (unmount the cd)
> 3. dd if=/dev/scd0 of=file.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc  
> (the /dev/ listing may vary so be sure which is your cd)
> 4. Once complete use your favorite .iso burner (k3b, brasaro, etc.) to
> burn the image back to disk.

> dd = powerful and handy.

Thanks a lot! I used your /dev/scd0 and it took off and is already done...

That is the secret. /dev/scd0 DD can work with.


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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