> > That would explain but according to my fstab file both should be mount > > as iso9660 type; > > It does explain it. I've done it many a time. > > > my amd64 fstab entry (showing all small letters): > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 > > /dev/pktcdvd/0 /mnt/cdrw udf > > /dev/hdc /mnt/dvdr iso9660 > > > > on amd64 is used: mount /dev/hdc /mnt/dvdr so it should be mounted > > as iso9660 the same line x86-system. > > If you specify both the device and mount point your /etc/fstab is ignored. > Instead it will use /etc/filesystems or /proc/filesystems and try each one > in order.
That would explain it, thanks for explanation; always learn something new. > If you want to use /etc/fstab your can use either the device node or the > mount point but not both. > > > > I used to rip DVDs and CDs using dd w/ conv=noerror. I find I > > > actually get better results with a tool designed to read CDs > > > specifically. I don't know if it is because they better moderate the > > > speed of the drive, or if they are simply cognizant of the error > > > correction bits on the disk, but I'll never go back to reading CDs or > > > DVDs with dd again. > > > > What program are you using to make iso backup k9copy? > > I use k3b actually. program k9copy didn't work for me and k3b stopped after copying 850Mb dmesg showing a lot of errors: hdc: media error (bad sector) status=0x51 SeekComplete Error hdc: media error (bad sector) status=0x34 It could be that few disks had an error but I get similar error reading commercial disk as well. So much for DVD enjoyment (very unreliable). -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
