> I recently bought SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional and wanted > to make a copy of the disk > Pop in the CD of which U want to make a copy in UR CD -RW and do a 'dd if=/dev/cdrw of=/var/suse-x.raw' Please note that U have to have IDE CD-RW support on the kernel and a link in UR /dev/cdrw pointing to the real ide device. > I am unable to copy the first disk because it is showing > the disk space as 650 whereas the size of the first CD is > 652 MB > No bother, on a normal CD -R media, U can write upto 670 MB in total. 650 MB == 670 odd MB Burn the CD-R by doing a 'cdrecord -vv -eject -pad dev=0,0,0 speed=x /var/suse-x.raw'; where the variables are the speed x and the device id. -- ragOO, VU2RGU Keeping the Air-Waves FREE.....Amateur Radio Keeping the W W W FREE..Debian GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------------- The mailing list archives are available at http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/wilma/LIH
