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Date:      Mon, 07 May 2001 07:15:36 CDT
From:      dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net>
To:        Najib Ninaba <najib_ninaba@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using dd to dump CD images
Message-ID:  <200105071213.FAA12328@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>

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Really?  I tried that in linux and it never worked for me.

you need the blocksize parameter to be 2048.

dd if=/dev/acd0c of=image.iso bs=2048

Have fun
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Najib Ninaba wrote:
> Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:09:59 +0800
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> From: Najib Ninaba <najib_ninaba@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: najib_ninaba@yahoo.com
> Subject: Using dd to dump CD images
> 
> Hello,
> 
> How do I dump CD images to a file? In linux, all I've needed to do is :
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd-image.iso
> 
> I can then use the image to burn to another CDR. I've tried the same
> command in freebsd:
> dd if=/dev/acd0c of=cd-image.iso
> 
> But I get a  "dd: /dev/acd0c: Bad address" error message. Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Najib Ninaba 
> "Life's unfair - but having the root password helps!"
> 
> 
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