Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:26:02 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Migs <jc.devilla@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd wont work Message-ID: <44mzbzu0it.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <449EDE85.5040704@gmail.com> (Migs's message of "Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:05:41 %2B0800") References: <449EDE85.5040704@gmail.com>
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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?
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