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Re: Q: using dd to get an image of a CDROM?


On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:01:49PM +0100, Heiko Nardmann wrote:
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> Can I use Cygwin dd command to get an image of a CDROM? If yes which device 
> do I have to specify?

Wrong mailing list.  Non-XFree question please to cygwin@cygwin.com.

The answer to your question is "It depends."

If you're running on 9x/Me, the answer is "no".

On NT/2K/XP it's "yes".  The device name is /dev/scd0 for the first
CD-ROM, /dev/scd1 for the 2nd,...

These special device names are documented in the online docs:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html

Corinna

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