Eh, im sure he has a mod chip. On Friday 11 February 2005 03:51 am, LeVA wrote: > 2005. február 11. 08:31, > Bob Stia <rnr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > -> kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx,: > > Hello KDE people, > > [...] > > > I want to copy a game DVD as a backup. I have one DVD player/recorder. > > I know I have to copy it to disc first as an iso image. > > [...] > > Hi Bob! > > With k3b, it is fairly simple to create an iso image from a dvd disc. With > the latest (0.11.20) k3b it is like that: > > - Tools / DVD / Copy DVD ... > - In the "Options" group box, check the "Only Create Image" > - Enter the path name where you want to save your image file. > > or, you can use the good old dd util: > > $ dd bs=2048 if=/dev/dvd of=/path/of/the/image/file > > Now that you have the iso file you wanted, simply burn out with k3b, or > with whatever you like. > > But be aware! Recent game dvds and cds have several protections. This means > that you can not play with your backup discs. You must the original disc > inserted, or else the game will refuse to start. > > HTH, > > Daniel ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.