Hello, I have been having a problem making iso images with dd on my cdroms. I get an i/o error at the end of the cd. The cd iso file sizes seem to be correct but the errors worry me a bit. I tried dd with multiple cds and on both cdrom drives. I have a techram dc-390u2w card and I have a u2 ibm drive, teac CD-R55S, teac CD-ROM CD-532S, and an external iomega zip 100. I am running linux Mandrake 6.1 on an Abit Bp6 with dual 400mhz Cpus. Card Connectors: u2w--| (ID0)u2 IBM ---> {external adapter} (ID6)External Zip ---> Terminator| uw----| (ID2)CD-ROM CD-532S ----> (ID4)CD-R55S ----> terminator| CD-R55S --------------------- [root@500smp /root]# dd if=/dev/scd1 of=mandrake.iso SCSI CD error : host 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 28000002 Info fld=0x4c5c9, Current sr0b:01: sense key Blank Check CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:01, sector 1251108 dd: /dev/scd1: Input/output error 1251108+0 records in 1251108+0 records out SCSI CD error : host 0 id 4 lun 0 return code = 28000002 Info fld=0x4c5ca, Current sr0b:01: sense key Blank Check CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:01, sector 1251112 CD-ROM CD-532S --------------------- [root@500smp /root]# dd if=/dev/scd0 of=scd0.iso scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 2, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 04 66 d1 00 00 02 00 Info fld=0x466d1, Current sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1153860 dd: /dev/scd0: Input/output error 1153860+0 records in 1153860+0 records out scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 2, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 04 66 d2 00 00 01 00 Info fld=0x466d2, Current sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1153864 Any suggestions would be helpfull! Jake Johnson Information Technology Desktop Support Intern Dempsey 207 .^. /V\ Linux! // \\ /( )\ ^^-^^ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.