Creating an ISO from a CD

To make an ISO file of a cd on Un*x:

dd if=/dev/acd0 of=path bs=32k

where “path” of course is the wanted filename. /dev/acd0 should be replaced by the actual device that represents your cdrom drive.

There’s no errorchecking, but I’ve never experienced a corrupt ISO.

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