On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 8:41 AM fred roller <fredrolle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 4:31 AM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> > wrote: > >> On 09/11/2018 03:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: >> > On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: >> > ... >> >> "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: >> > >> > dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs. Something more (K3b or wodim or >> > growisofs) is needed to /write/ them. >> > >> >> dd is great to make an iso out of a dvd. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Agreed, for backup image of your DVD, dd works fine: > > umount [dvd mount point] > dd if=/dev/sr0 of/home/user/Videos/nameofdvd.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc > status=progress > > where sr0 is the dvd device, bs is the normal block size of the dvd > (seemed to make a difference when I first started doing this), don't > truncate the file, and progress for monitoring how much is done. > > Been doing this for awhile and you can easily watch the file on vlc. > haven't tried other players so experiment. You cannot, however, copy onto > a stock blank dvd (it's too small). Like the old days of ripping CD to > preserve the original disk this is the same concept. Watch the file and > preserve the DVD. Local laws apply ofc. > > hih, > fred > quick correction dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/user/Videos/nameofdvd.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc status=progress forgot the equal sign after "of"... sorry.
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