On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 09:11:13AM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> The ISO image read of the CD is probably a sector or two > >> too long. If you know the correct size then you can just do > > I would think that the image created with dd is a few bytes (less than > a sector) too small, because dd reads until it runs out of useful data, > but the cd consists of 2k-sectors, the last one is padded with zeroes > until its full. At least thats what the "-pad"-option in cdrecord is > for... > > So Id try `dd if=dev/scd0 of=bla.iso ibs=2048 obs=2048 sync`, > out of `man dd`: > sync pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size > > Or is there an error in my knowledge? >
I thought the kernel read a complete sector or none at all. Doesn't the '-pad' option add 15 *sectors* of zeroes to the end of the image ? P. -- P. Horton Software Engineer http://www.colonel-panic.com Linux 2.4.0
