cat /dev/cdrom > mydisk.iso

[Shawn Tayler]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:33:13 -0700 Shawn Tayler <stayler at xmtservices.net>
exclaimed:

> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:14:04 -0400 Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com>
> exclaimed:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 02:54:24PM -0500, Net Llama! took 20 lines to
> > write:
> > > 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
> > 
> > Precisely the method I use, with the possible exception of specifying
> > the block size ("bs=8192").
> > 
> 
> Ok,
> 
> I always used bs=1k when dd'ing iso's...
> 
> SHawn

I am curious about the difference when the bs=1k as opposed to what you use
Kurt.  Is there an advantage?

Shawn