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Date:      Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:00:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Message-ID:  <200111142000.fAEK02b53189@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/31990; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: docs/31990: new FAQ: imaging a data CD
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:59:09 -0800 (PST)

 On 14-Nov-01 mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org wrote:
 > +         <answer>
 > +           <para>If you want to make a bit-by-bit copy of a CD (so you
 > +             can, for example, duplicate it with a CD burner), use
 > +             &man.dd.1;.  The example given here assumes that you have
 > +             a IDE CDROM device that shows up as
 > +             <devicename>acd0</devicename>.  If you have a SCSI CD
 > +             drive, you will want to substitute the correct device
 > +             name.</para>
 > + 
 > +           <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>dd if=/dev/cdrom
 > +             of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
 
 Uh, shouldn't that be /dev/acd0 according to the previous paragraph?
 
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