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Subject: Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?
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"Scott Mitchell" wrote:
> You want to use /dev/acd0c - the 'c' partition covers the whole disk.
> Something like:
>
> dd if=/dev/acd0c of=foo.iso bs=64k

Ah! Thanks for that. The bs argument is crucial, I hadn't thought to try
anything further when without it I got:

dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument

I let myself be led astray into thinking that there must be something amiss
with using that device. So if the 'c' partition is the whole disk, what's
the 'a' partition, out of curiosity?


Thanks,

Wayne