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Re: [SLUG] Mking copy of the borg's stuff

To: Slug <slug@nospam.slug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mking copy of the borg's stuff
From: chuckd@nospam.aphid.net (Chuck D)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:59:02 +1000
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005291802530.3773-100000@nospam.intsvr1.in.ce.com.au>; from jasonb@nospam.ce.com.au on Mon, May 29, 2000 at 06:06:39PM +1000
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> The easiest way (I use this and it works) is to:
> 
> 1. Put the CD to be duped into the drive.
> 
> 2. Make an image:
> 
> 	dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/opt/cd.img bs=8092

I've always wondered - why the 8k blocks? How different is this to doing
it without the bs=8092?

Chuck
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References:
- [SLUG] Mking copy of the borg's stuff
  - From: Terry Collins <terryc@nospam.woa.com.au>
- Re: [SLUG] Mking copy of the borg's stuff
  - From: jasonb@nospam.ce.com.au

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