On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Polytropon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi! > > I'd like to ask which program is the proper tool to copy > a DVD(+|-)R 1:1 to another media of the same kind? It > would be great if the program would have a good error > tolerance for slightly defective media (which is a usual > problem with cheap DVDs). > > I've always used cdrdao read-cd and afterwards cdrdao write > for CD-R, but I cannot use this tool for DVDs, right? > > So far I've used growisofs to record pre-mastered ISO > file systems, but I don't want to make it that complicated > (mound source DVD, mkisofs, growisofs / burn this ISO > to destination DVD) if it can be avoided. It's not > neccessary to perform this operation from one drive > to the other, it's okay to have a temporary file > (first read, then burn). > > -- > Polytropon > >From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > If your CD or DVD is loaded (not mounted) at /dev/cd0, the following command will create an iso image in the current directory: dd if=/dev/cd0 of=filename.iso bs=2048 If you want an easy process, you can put this in a script, followed by a growisofs command to burn the file to another DVD device, allowing the script to overwrite the previous DVD iso file. Or you could write a script where you supply a name for the iso image file to maintain backup images. I hope this helps. Andrew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"