[CentOS] iso creation with dd

Mon May 11 23:39:35 UTC 2009
nate <centos at linuxpowered.net>

Al Sparks wrote:
>
> I placed a CD in a drive.
>    I ran
>      sudo dd sudo dd if=/dev/cdrom of=HMI_B_Image_File_4-23-09_disk_1.iso
>
> It completed.  I then transferred the ISO file to an XP machine, use
> Sonic to burn the ISO file to another CD, and there was a file missing
> (the largest) in the burned CD.
>
> Seems like the data got transferred through the dd, but not a file
> name.  What might I be doing wrong?


Though it may work, I'd never use dd to make an ISO image, try
mkisofs, see if you have better luck with that.

And if you want a block for block copy I'd use cdrdao (don't think
this is included in standard CentOS distribution).

nate