I was looking at http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html and noticed theses commands mentioned "cp /dev/cdrom mycd.iso" + "mount -o loop mycd.iso /mnt/cdrom/".
I tried the cp command and I get an error "cp: reading `/dev/cdrom2': Input/output error".

bash-3.00$ ls -l | grep hdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2005-06-08 16:36 cdrom2 -> hdd
brw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 22, 64 2002-06-09 14:27 hdd
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 65 2002-06-09 14:27 hdd1
...

Whats wrong? (I tried it as root and still the same problem)

Thank you.

I think I see what your attempting, however, don't know if the coding is correct. I have never tried it, however, /dev/cdrom is probably not your correct device. Check your /etc/fstab file for the correct /dev for your cdrom2.
cp /dev/cdrom mycd.iso" + "mount -o loop mycd.iso /mnt/cdrom/".

Also assuming you have 2 cdrom drives there is probably already a mount poing for /mnt/cdrom so you may want to create another /mnt point like:

md /mnt/vutual_cdrom

Then using the correct /dev point from your fstab, let's say is /dev/hdd then:

cp /dev/hdd mycd.iso" + "mount -o loop mycd.iso /mnt/vutual_cdrom"

Good Luck

KC

Turns out I only get that error when I try to cp an audio cd.
So my question now is how can I copy an audio cd using commands like that (not actual cd programs like K3b)?

dd maybe?

cp won't work because audio cds don't have a filesystem, and cp copies files.
dd might work, but it's easier to use specialized tools. This example will download all tracks in a CD and burn them:

cdda2wav -D 0,4,0 -B /tmp/prefix-of-music-files
cdrecord -v spead=2 dev=0,4,0 -audio /tmp/prefix-of-music-files*.wav

or

cdrdao copy --device 0,4,0 --buffers 64 --driver generic-mmc-raw --read-raw toc-file.toc

That was taken from: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Lin...ialCDBurn.html
You can find more there.

The problem using dd would be, what do you do with the data you get from the cd? It's just raw...

quote: "The problem using dd would be, what do you do with the data you get from the cd? It's just raw..."

Back when I used to use windows I would copy all my music cds onto my computer as iso's and then mount them with something like daemon tools. It would keep all my originals in perfect condition and it would allow me to make copy's easier and quicker (yeah I know, tisk tisk).

So would dd work to do that? If so how?

I thought ISO was used only for data.. well..
try: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=yourimage.iso
That should do it

It was a raw image ISO. I made them with CloneCD.

bash-3.00$ dd if=/dev/cdrom2 of=test.iso
dd: reading `/dev/cdrom2': Input/output error
0+0 records in
0+0 records out

no luck. Is there anyway I can make a clone image like I can with CloneCD (windows) or K3B?