On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Vincent Danen wrote: > > You might be slightly better off to have used hdc for the CD-RW so > > that you could safely copy CDs. Both on the one IDE channel is > > dubious with many chipsets. > > I don't copy CDs that way. If I want to copy a CD, I use dd and write > an image to the hdd then burn it. Call me old fashioned, but I've not > done a CD->CD copy (direct) in years. >
You might want to try cdrdao (if you are prepared to use ide-scsi on your reader). Once you set it up (by specifying all the options you want, plus -s), you can do things like: $ cdrdao copy So, you can have it default to writing a temporary file (defaults to your pwd), or do a direct copy. Hacing said that, direct copies aren't always that reliable, cause invariably you will get CDs that will pick up a read error ... Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
