On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:36:50 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

> I've read that dd actually has problems reading from cdroms and isos 
> produced with something like dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my.iso conv=noerror 
> would be invalid.  Can anyone confirm / deny, preferably with some sort 
> of reference or test.

I've never tried with conv=noerror, but dd has worked fine for me on
several occasions when extracting ISO images from data CDs and DVDs.

I don't use it any more because it is slow, cp and cat give the same
result and are faster.


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Neil Bothwick

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