cat /dev/cdrom > mydisk.iso

[Jean Sagi]

dd usually works for me, but not for certain dvd's, for which i use
readcd.

Chucho

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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
>