Everyone seems to have their own "way of doing it". Some sites recommend you use dd, others recommend using cat.
Does anyone know which is _truly_ the "better" way? -Jon Digital Drip - http://www.digital-drip.com On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 17:09, Phil Sexton wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 16:51, gabor wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:29, Phil Sexton wrote: > > > # Generate an ISO from a CD > > > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso > > > > why don't you do a cat /dev/cdrom > foo.iso ? > > > > gabor > > I undersood that the command I used gives an exact copy of the cd > including free space and everything, a sort of a bit for bit copy. > > The cat command doesn't act the same, does it? It only outputs separate > files, doesn't it? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
