cat /dev/cdrom > mydisk.iso

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Does this not work anymore on 2.6?
>
> I've been using this to copy CDs for as along as I can remember. But
> I've now tried it on FC2 and Ubuntu with no success. It just hangs.
>
> If this simple "trick" no longer works, how does one make an iso from a
> physical CD?

I've never done it that way.  Try:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=mydisk.iso

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