>From: Joachim Backes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I have a question: If I read a CD image, I use the following command:
> dd if=/dev/scd0 of=<some image file>
>I know, there is the "readcd" command. In which cases should I use
>the readcd command instead of dd? Or should I avoid principally
>the usage of the dd command? The usage of dd is a lot faster then
>the usage of readcd.
It is most unlikely that dd is faster than readcd...
If you have a CD with partitioning, dd will not help you.
Readcd is optimized to CD media. It allows you to ignore errors at
driver level and a lot more.
J�rg
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