On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, DARREN BROWN wrote:

> The if=/dev/cdrom is the CD inside the CDROM containing the data I wish to copy.
>
> Then what is of=/target/dir/file.iso?
> If I understand, file.iso is the data that is copied to this directory.
> If so, can I then copy the data to a CD burner?  Like a USB burner? HP...

	Yes, you can, but no, you shouldn't. Always stage the ISO/image on
the hard disk BEFORE burning. While CD-to-CDR is possible, you run into
all kinds of potential for buffer underruns and similiar pleasant
behavior. Better safe than coastered.

- billn