On Sunday 21 April 2002 9:47 pm, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:33:43 +0200 > > "martin f krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also sprach Troy Telford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.21.2228 +0200]: > > > Is there a Linux equivalent of CloneCD? (Meaning it can make a > > > perfect bit-per-bit copy of a CD?) > > > > cdrecord -v -isosize -data /dev/cdrom > > This will work, provided that the original CD comply's to the ISO > standard. Things such as SafeDisc and other copy protection schemes > will mess this up. However, in the case of CloneCD, the copy is a bit > by bit copy not an iso dump (which is what cdrecord provides TMK). I > too would be interested in a lower level copy option for these pesky > CDs.
I've always used dd to create disk images for duplicating - jamaro:~# dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd1.iso and so far it's worked fine. Not tried it on audio disks, though. I've also seen cat /dev/cdrom > cd1.iso recommended. Regards, Martin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dbg400.net /"\ DBG/400 - DataBase Generation utilities - AS/400 / iSeries Open \ / Source free test environment tools and others (file/spool/misc) X [this space for hire] ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML mail & news / \ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]