[nycbug-talk] iso image

[michael]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:52:43 -0500
Ray Lai <nycbug at cyth.net> wrote:

> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 11:12:12AM -0500, Okan Demirmen wrote:
> > dd(1)
> 
> It's more complicated than that.  I believe you have to do:
> 
> 	$ sudo dd if=/dev/rcd0c bs=2048 > cd.iso
> 
> Using rcd instead of cd makes it go a lot faster.  bs=2048 for some
> reason is necessary, otherwise it never stops.

Ray,

Thanks, actually Okan's dd was the lightbulb I need.  You just confirmed
it.  bs=block size.  I also used the raw device but used dd's 'of':

dd if=/dev/rcd0c bs=2048 of=/path/to/file.iso

Michael