From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 15:43:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD148106564A for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AAFB8FC0C for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b6so44673ana.13 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:42:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=HhBJEPRjt51sxeFJlafpz7QcEOL/LzzxoaRpvd8keFs=; b=nBwvVtNqeFSHVThNJSpsiacihPoQ3mL2zc/Xf1vqOUYI6QxSL+D3exqZwl9tL1X3QD LUOoTZn9/8IBC6EpcIki/sbKtKz4SrQOmqpJE9dZkIII40c80YfGz0qPBFkFVztHUEo3 26A1rnKzvhsc5FRSRP38J1wvqMneCewIQUppM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=lEHLEs7mJcj+okUL6RBub+KBLuXi8TE11gQpbfW/sUJLI5Tb90v/HpgAAOgtT4Yod+ gsACooygz++Yd9t5xy7VkjcSMfKNzGsjRRtD+zQgQazlMvApqMSXQUWZzpcD0myogJLQ Y7DzZalDt1+qTDFhflNDTp0VcvEFEDnE7JcbQ= Received: by 10.102.247.4 with SMTP id u4mr69804muh.104.1228491778293; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:42:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.228.17 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 07:42:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:42:58 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20081205161112.f9bcddff.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20081205161112.f9bcddff.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: DVD cloning tool X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:43:00 -0000 On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Polytropon wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to ask which program is the proper tool to copy > a DVD(+|-)R 1:1 to another media of the same kind? It > would be great if the program would have a good error > tolerance for slightly defective media (which is a usual > problem with cheap DVDs). > > I've always used cdrdao read-cd and afterwards cdrdao write > for CD-R, but I cannot use this tool for DVDs, right? > > So far I've used growisofs to record pre-mastered ISO > file systems, but I don't want to make it that complicated > (mound source DVD, mkisofs, growisofs / burn this ISO > to destination DVD) if it can be avoided. It's not > neccessary to perform this operation from one drive > to the other, it's okay to have a temporary file > (first read, then burn). > > -- > Polytropon > >From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > If your CD or DVD is loaded (not mounted) at /dev/cd0, the following command will create an iso image in the current directory: dd if=/dev/cd0 of=filename.iso bs=2048 If you want an easy process, you can put this in a script, followed by a growisofs command to burn the file to another DVD device, allowing the script to overwrite the previous DVD iso file. Or you could write a script where you supply a name for the iso image file to maintain backup images. I hope this helps. Andrew