cat /dev/cdrom > mydisk.iso

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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
>
> Reviving an old topic ...
>
> Does this dd method not work on music CDs? I keep getting I/O error.

Works for me.

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