Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:25:27 +0800 From: Migs <jc.devilla@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd wont work Message-ID: <44A050C7.8080102@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44mzbzu0it.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <449EDE85.5040704@gmail.com> <44mzbzu0it.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Migs <jc.devilla@gmail.com> writes: > > >> I've already looked around and found that dd will work on cd's only if >> the bs=2k argument is present. >> >> However, ive tried it both without (before knowing this) and with the >> argument, but I still cant pick up an image of the cd. >> >> I know that this should work: >> >> dd if=/dev/cd0 of=~/file.iso bs=2k >> >> but it doesn't. I always get a >> >> dd: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument >> 0+0 records in >> 0+0 records out >> 0 bytes transferred in 0.000225 secs (0 bytes/sec) >> >> I'm on 6.1 releng by the way, and the cd im trying to dd is >> knoppix. My combo drive is a 'LITE-ON ' 'COMBO SOHC-5236V' 'R$09' >> Removable CD-ROM thats a slave on ide0. What else should I be looking >> at? >> > > Are you actually copying from cd0, or acd0? > Are you sure the problem isn't with the CD itself? > > Sorry about that... I was trying both cd0 and acd0, and yes, i know that the disc is fine since I used to be able to dd from it. I also know that the drive is fine because I could dd from it back when I was still using slackware. This only showed up when I started with FreeBSD about 2 months ago.
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