>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 17 05:49:19 2000
>> >I have a question: If I read a CD image, I use the following command:
>>
>> > dd if=/dev/scd0 of=<some image file>
>>
>> >I know, there is the "readcd" command. In which cases should I use
>> >the readcd command instead of dd? Or should I avoid principally
>> >the usage of the dd command? The usage of dd is a lot faster then
>> >the usage of readcd.
>>
>> It is most unlikely that dd is faster than readcd...
>>
>> If you have a CD with partitioning, dd will not help you.
>> Readcd is optimized to CD media. It allows you to ignore errors at
>> driver level and a lot more.
>Back in the days of cdwrite there used to be a program
>called 'isosize' which is used something like this to
>read iso9660 data CDs:
>$ isosize /dev/sr0
>670564352
Isosize is outdated:
- The output is useless for cdrecord because it lists bytes.
- It is not needed anymore since 97/03/02 (read cdrecord manpage!)
- In addition isoinfo -d gives you the information in a useful
way (since January 2000).
J�rg
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