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Make ISO images on Linux

For DVD: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my_cd.iso
267132+0 records in
267132+0 records out
136771584 bytes (137 MB) copied, 47.8291 s, 2.9 MB/s
```
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dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso

neilmccauley · 2013-06-12 14:13:41 8

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Uncompress a CSS file

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Create a favicon suitable for use on your web site. Note: ppmtowinicon is part of libpbm, not ImageMagick.

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Finding the number of cpu's

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