On Saturday 26 August 2006 00:01, Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks, David and Chris, but > > $ dd if=/dev/hdf of=iso1.iso > dd: reading `/dev/hdf': Input/output error > 0+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.009431 seconds, 0.0 kB/s > $ > > Paul OK Paul, what I just tried is, using FC5 with KDE, 1) Put a data CD in the drive. 2) When Fedora asks what to do, just click OK to let it mount the CD and open it in a window. 3) Look to see what it mounts it as. Mine said media:/hda (because my hard drive is SATA the CD gets hda) 4) Close the window and right-click Unmount on the icon 5) dd if=/dev/hda of=/path/to/my/file.iso replacing hda with whatever yours mounted as. 6) I've got a 627MB file on my hard drive. 7) Hope that helps. 8) Time for bed! Dave -- Registered Linux user number 393408 I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 For domain registration, email and web hosting please visit: http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/init?k_id=6389763
