<mybit>
/me remembers the days of 'bit-copying' a disk.. bit by bit, sector per
sector, track by track, etc... through our own bit of asm (through dos
debug) or if we were lucky enough C.
Even if the program was 15Kb (mid 80's) the whole disk would be copied in
its entirety...
Hence we could have our own 'backups' on the likes of pitstop (which boot
strapped the PC into the game)...
Upon viewing the disk on the normal OS (Dos back then for me) the disk was
blank...
I think the Technolohy then was called 'boot holes', and 'laser holes'
where, as Jill said, the manufacturers would put a special type of error on
the disks...
</mybit>
>From: Jason Rennie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Is there a way to convince dd to copy the disk bad secotry and all ?
Not without severely modifying the hardware, getting in at the analog level.
>Also why would that stop a cdburner from even seeing a disk in there ?
If the bad sector is in the disk header, or as was suggested, a dirty lens.
Otherwise, I don't know.
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