How to copy whole CD?

sikandar · 09-01-2003, 12:50 AM

I want to copy all the data from a CD to HD on RH9? Which command I should use. I don't want to use GUI.

MasterC · 09-01-2003, 12:54 AM

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/wherever/you/want

Or, you can just:
mount /mnt/cdrom
cp -a /mnt/cdrom /wherever/you/want

Cool

sikandar · 09-01-2003, 01:11 AM

Thanks MasterC it is working......

GodMinusOne · 09-01-2003, 01:17 AM

www.google.com is your friend

sikandar · 09-01-2003, 01:31 AM

www.google.com is my friend while www.linuxquestions.org is my best friend.

mobassir · 09-01-2003, 01:38 AM

hello
sikandar
u can also use mc, its same like nc(norton commander) in dos, its very usefull if any one dontknow os commands.
it can be helpfull in copying, deleting, moving, editing, make a link with another machine, etc

thanks