On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 02:08 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote: > I have an NEC DVD-RW ND2500A (that's not the label I bought it under, > but that's what it really is.) It's supposed to read/write CDs, DVDs, > DVD+Rs, and DVD-Rs. I'm basically dual booting between XP and CentOS 4. > > Following the recipe in "The Linux Cookbook", I tried to copy a DVD using: > > dd if=/dev/hdd of=/tmp/diskfile.iso > then > > cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd fs=32m -sao -v -eject -dummy /tmp/diskfile.iso > to test and > > cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd fs=32m -sao -v -eject /tmp/diskfile.iso > to actually record. > > I had a lot of trouble getting a good read of the whole original DVD--it > kept getting an I/O error at 94-95% of the way through. After multiple > cleanings and 20-40 attempts, I finally got the whole thing copied with > no reported errors. It then took me a couple of tries to get the > cdrecord options right and to run as root to get the requisite priority. > The "-dummy" run ran with no errors that I noticed--there was an LOT of > output--and "-dummy" didn't work. It wrote to the blank DVD anyway. I > then did a run without the "-dummy". Although the original will play on > both my PC and the DVD player hooked to the TV, the two copied DVDs > (DVD+Rs) are coasters. DURN! > > Any solutions, suggestions, pointers to articles I should read, etc. > will be appreciated. > > BTW, I've never quite gotten around to playing DVDs or my music files > (mp3 and Real Player .rmj files) from Linux. I'd appreciate being > pointed in the direction to start. > > -mj- If you have a GUI, you could try k3b to make DVDs. If you want to do it from the command line use growisofs. Here is an example from The Linux Doc. Project mirror: http://ldp.hughesjr.com/LDP/LG/issue83/stoddard.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050604/3e87845e/attachment.bin