Subj : copy images under OpenBSD To : Ulrich Leutner From : Francois Thunus Date : Sat Nov 18 2000 02:08 pm Hello ! 18 Nov 00 14:48, Ulrich Leutner wrote to all: UL> Under linux, i used to copy the device file /dev/cdrom to a temp dir, UL> to get an image of a cd. Now, under openbsd (2.7), this does not work UL> anymore, the file is getting bigger und bigger. I stopped at about 4 UL> gB, though this does not seem to be a correct image to me :) Can UL> anyone help, how to do it right ? you do not give much information about what you are trying. I've been getting good results with dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/whatever.image bs=1024 count=. the thing is, you have to give a size for dd to know where to stop. we're spoiled under linux where a) there are some defaults settings you don't have anywhere else and b) commands are usually much more flexible (ever tried a "ls * -al" under ksh with solaris ? ) Francois Thunus Windows: Just another pane in the glass. 2:270/25.2@fidonet | Views expressed here francois(at)TeleMatique(dot)org | are strictly my own. http://www.telematique.org/ft | (unless otherwise stated) --- FMailX 1.48b * Origin: Xara Sto Pragma ! Gasperich - Luxembourg -> (FidoNet 2:270/25.2) .