On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 22:26, 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.... > > > Regards, > Darren > > ----- Original Message ----- AS I understand it yes. if = input file of = output file The only think I'm a bit unclear of here is if I'd need to then run mkisofs on file.iso Carl P.