--IIRC, yes the md5sum should match (at least after cat, which is my own experience.)

Note: Jorge, I corrected your dd syntax in the quote below.

Quote Originally Posted by A. Jorge Garcia
Wow, thanx for all the input on this question already!

OK, so:

Code:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/mnt/hda2/home/misterG/my.iso bs=1M
or

Code:
cat /dev/cdrom > /mnt/hda2/home/misterG/my.iso
should both work, but cat is quicker?

Also, would I get an exact copy of the original ISO that I can check with the original md5sum?

BTW, Dave, I remember when you taught me about cat many moons ago.... Thank you!

Oh, and Harry, I don't ever burn at the max speed. At home I burn at 8x and at work I burn at 32x. The home burner is a 16x and the work one is much faster than 32x (sorry I forget exactly what the exact speed is at the moment).

TIA,
AJG

PS: I burn a lot of CDs for my students and for ebay and I always burn slow and test my CDs before distributing them to anyone.