On Saturday, August 24, 2013 04:35:36 AM g wrote: > On 08/24/2013 03:03 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 08/24/13 15:52, Martin S wrote: > >> I have a set of DVDs - about 6 years old - I wanted to check out what was > >> on them. All but 1-2 produce input/output erros and can't be read. I > >> opened them on my wifes Windows box, and they were read without any > >> problems at all. > >> > >> In Dolphin it opens as empty. [mskjoldebrand@dragon K3b data project]$ ls > >> ls: reading directory .: Input/output error > >> > >> [mskjoldebrand@dragon K3b data project]$ sudo tail -s 3 -f > >> /var/log/messages Aug 24 09:48:11 dragon kernel: [11573.619129] iso9660: > >> Corrupted directory entry in block 0 of inode 53504 > >> > >> Can something be done? > > > > Are the DVDs commercially produced or were they written on DVD∓R or DVD∓RW > > media? > > > > I have experienced many cases with non-commercially produced DVDs would be > > readable in one drive and non-readable in another and it wasn't O/S > > dependent. > > in addition, with a dvd that give errors, try; > > dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/dev/null Aye I know about non-factory discs but I thought 2 out of 10 or 12 was a bit excessive. I ran that command without errors (expected, the laptop is only a few months old) but I'll go look at them as you say =) /M. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
