On 2003-11-28 11:45:10 +0000 Graham Trott gt@pobox.com wrote:
On Friday 28 November 2003 10:24, Brett Parker wrote:
Hrm, well, I'm not sure about this, surely you could do the same method as with a normal CD to get a perfect copy... I.E. dd the DVD to a file, use the (numerous) DVD writing software to burn back the image you just created... then again, just *WHY* are you wanting to copy DVDs? ;)
Well, to start with I'd like to copy my legal copy of SuSE9 in case I damage the original. But "why" isn't important; "how" is. I admit I've not come across dd before; I just did a "man" on it and my brain froze over. Options, options but no explanation of how to use it. Any pointers?
usually dd if=/path/to/device of=filename will do the job, sometimes you need to play with blocksizes and that kinda fun stuff, but generally the defaults work out rather well :)
Then just use what ever to burn the resulting image file.
Cheers,
Brett.