Re: ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device

kernel
2005-02-16T00:38:30Z

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 18:16, Kiniger wrote:

> >
> > what about catting out that device? I.E.,
> >
> > 'cat /dev/cdxxx > some.iso'
> >
> > *instead* of using 'dd' (or variants) against it? I've always had good
> > results using 'cat' and CDs, avoiding 'dd' and CDs whenever the
> > opportunity presents itself.
>
> I dont think this is relevant. cat will probably use stdio which will
> do blocking similar to dd (perhaps 4 kB).
>

But it *is* a quick try (rule out), though. Take 5 minutes if you can
and try it. Easy to rule. If it fails, it fails. But *if* not, you
don't waste any more time. I only mention it because it's worked for me
in the past where dd (and variants) has (have) not.

-fd