[Gllug] CD copying

[Pete Ryland]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 06:18:36PM +0000, Ian Northeast wrote:
> ab wrote:
> > 
> > I wonder if dd if=cdrom will handle multisession disks ?
> > I was trying to copy some recently and ran into trouble.
> > Trying to take backup copies of legal software  - no piracy here mate!
> 
> I couldn't copy a Solaris installation CD, which contains two data
> tracks. This suggests not.
> 
> The Solaris ISO can be written to a CD to produce the 2 track CD BTW, as
> would be expected.

You can do it I think.  I remember to copy audio cds you need to use a
special mode (write-at-once mode iirc) so that you don't get a 2 sec pause
between tracks.  Maybe this would work here too?

Pete
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