[Gllug] CD copying

[ab]

Feel like some experimentation so will give it a try.
However I think it will fail due to copyright errors on
certain blocks.... Maybe a program to check valid blocks,
copy them as raw an insert junk blocks back into stream
for writing... hum..

/Anthony.

Pete Ryland wrote:

> 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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