On Monday 14 February 2005 05:38, LeVA wrote: > I wrote the exact dd command which you can just "copy/paste" to your > xterm window. The if=/dev/dvd requires that symlink, and it must > point to your dvd writer/reader device. The > of=/path/of/the/image/file(.iso) is the filename, where the image > will be written. dd won't check the source's size, so it will fill up > your disk, if you haven't got enough free space. > > You can check your dvd's size, by mounting it to a directory, then > execute a 'df' command. > > ie.: > > $ mount /dev/dvd /mountpoint > $ df > [...] > /dev/hdb 4,2G 4,2G 0 100% /mountpoint > Daniel, Again, thanks for replying. Your advice worked and I ended up making a "coaster" Encoding stuff. Question; I have libdvdread, libdvdcss, etc. installed. Does k3b, or are there command line options that incorporate those kinds of programs when it copies? I guess not. Anyway, maybe you or some kind soul could point me to a how-to for decrypting so that a usable copy is made. Making some progress here. At least i copied and burned. Bob S. ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.