You cannot copy TO a dvd with dd, cp, mv ....etc because writing to optical media requires specialized SW like cdrecord. But, you can certainly copy a DVD to HD by the dd command. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2014, Doug wrote: > >> On 08/07/2014 02:34 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: >>> >>> On 08/06/2014 11:31 PM, Doug wrote: >>>> >>>> This is not an answer, but a question: Is there a bit-by-bit copy >>>> program that will copy _anything_ exactly, including encoding. so that >>>> Antonio's last >>>> comment becomes moot? >>> >>> >>> You should be able to do that with dd. >> >> You can burn a DVD with dd? > > > I've done it with cp . > The last time I tried it, it didn't work. > Don't remember why. > > -- > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical > reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young > goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods > -- > 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 -- 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