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Re: [tlug] Nero - Interesting?



On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 06:34:00PM +0900, Mauro Sauco wrote:
> 
> # dd if=/dev/CDROM |bzip2 -c > image.iso.bz
> 
> # bzip2 -dc image.iso.bz | cdrecord dev=x,x,x -dao -data -
> 
> maybe :)

Maybe not :-)

It seems dd is not a reliable tool to duplicate CDs, since most of them
end with two unreadable run-out sectors which make it go bananas. (See
the "README.copy" file that comes with cdrtools.)
You might want to use the "readcd" command that comes with cdrtools
instead.

Cheers,
 David
-- 
 David Santinoli, Milano             +   <david@example.com>
 Independent Linux/Unix consultant   +   http://www.santinoli.com


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