Don't post to multiple lists; it's rude. I'll reply to both so others
on -hackers won't think noone replied and reply, too.
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, FreeBSD MAIL wrote:
> I have tried using dd on serveral 4.0 systems in order to capture an image off a
>cdrom.
>
> I tried dd if=/dev/acd0a of=file.img as well as on a scsi system (/dev/cd0a) and
> eovery other cd device (/dev/acd0c /cdv/racd0c /dev/cd0c ect) and I get
>
> dd: /dev/acd0a Bad address
> 0+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
Mode 1 CD-ROM DATA is 2352 bytes of data and ECC per block. The actual
data returned from the drive is 2048 bytes, so each block is effectively
2048 bytes. Use ibs=2k or a multiple thereof. I've made a utility that
does a nice job for CD duplication needs (the reading half), which you
can find at:
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~green/read_cd.tar.gz
MD5 (read_cd.tar.gz) = 7881ea5ef1428ced7533b1cb2a3afbb1
> Thanks for any reply
HTH
> RP
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