try specifying the number of blocks and
the block size. This will tell dd when to stop specifically.
You are probably running past the EOF.
J.


On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, johnsj20 wrote:

> 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!
>        // \\
>        /( )\
>        ^^-^^
> 


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