help Copying CDS :(

hey

Please can some one help or give me a guide to copying a cd using linux, i tried bake oven on suse 8.2 pro which i use, and it keeps coming up with read errors when reading the source cd ?

ne help would be appreciated :)

Are you sure that the source CD actually is undamaged?

well i installed suse off the source cd :) no problems :)

Try this then:

Code:

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cdrecord dev=0,0 -vv speed=20 -data -isosize /dev/hdc

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Replace 0,0 with whatever your CD recorder has (see cdrecord -scanbus to check that), 20 with whatever speed you want to burn, and /dev/hdc with the device name of your CD reader.

You could also cache the CD on your hard drive, like this:

Code:

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cat /dev/hdc >/tmp/suse.iso
cdrecord dev=0,0 -vv speed=20 -data /tmp/suse.iso

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i tried this.. sorry i am a newbie very new :'(

linux:/home/user # cat/dev/hdc >/tmp/suse.iso
bash: cat/dev/hdc: No such file or directory
linux:/home/user # cat /dev/hdc/ >/tmp/suse.iso
cat: /dev/hdc/: Not a directory
linux:/home/user # not much use am i :(
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
linux:/home/user # cat /dev/cdrecorder/ >tmp/suse.iso
bash: tmp/suse.iso: No such file or directory

HELP lol

Quote:

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Originally Posted by hydrouk

cat /dev/hdc/

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Try that without the last slash. However, be sure that /dev/hdc actually is your CD reader. Otherwise you'll get a "no such device or address" error.

i tried this :

hydro@linux:~> cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (okir@suse.de-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-resmgr-patch '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-R/RW SW-240B ' 'R403' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) 'ATAPI ' 'CD-R/RW 6X4X32 ' '6.DU' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
hydro@linux:~> cat /dev/cdrecorder >/tmp/backup.iso
cat: /dev/cdrecorder: Input/output error
cat: /dev/cdrecorder: Input/output error

The ATAPI CD-R/RW 6x4x32 doesnt work so just ignore this drive
i then tried this

inux:/home/hydro # cat /dev/hdc >/tmp/backup.iso
cat: /dev/hdc: Input/output error
cat: /dev/hdc: Input/output error
linux:/home/hydro #

i dont kno i tried following the guide on linuxdoc.org i will try going through the guide again tho :)

Ah, do you have two writers? In that case, use /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1, depending on which one you have the CD in.

ok I have taken the other cd writer out of my pc since it didnt work anyway, i reinstalled suse 8.2, i looked on the suse support pages found a guide on how to use a atapi driverfor suse linux upto and for 7.2 (i have version 8.2) i had a look anyway, i followed part of the guide up to the point where it tells me to edit the boot config and enter hdc-scsi etc and it has already been done so i dont need to change that because suse had already configured that correctly i then tried to burn a data cd using k3b (everything is supported according to k3b and automatically found my cdrw no problem so far) here is the debugging output message i recieved when trying to burn:

cdrdao
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Cdrdao version 1.1.7 - (C) Andreas Mueller <andreas@daneb.de>
SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling
Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty
Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables.
Using libscg version 'andreas-0.5-UNIXWARE_Patch-and-resmgr'
0,0,0: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B Rev: R403
ERROR: No driver found for 'SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B', available drivers:
cdd2600
generic-mmc
generic-mmc-raw
plextor
plextor-scan
ricoh-mp6200
sony-cdu920
sony-cdu948
taiyo-yuden
teac-cdr55
toshiba
yamaha-cdr10x
For all recent recorder models either the 'generic-mmc' or
the 'generic-mmc-raw' driver should work.
Use option '--driver' to force usage of a driver, e.g.: --driver generic-mmc
ERROR: Cannot setup device 0,0,0.

SO then i went into the k3b options and under the cdrdao user parameters i entered --driver generic-mmc-raw (as this is what the website listed above tells me to use) so then i try again to burn a data cd and it worked FINE !! Wooohoo lol

Thanks for your help and advise Tho i thought it might help other users if they ever have a similar problem, Linux is really really fasinating and my quest continues to learn more and more :)

I am wondering though will i have a problem burning a cd within a shell, will i have to make the cdrdao use this everytime if so how would i go about doing this? will i have to edit a config file? etc

thanks in advance

hydro

Since your burner seemed to work with the generic-mmc-raw driver, it's probably just that that noone has reported this to the development team. Subscribe to the mailing list and tell them, and they'll probably correct it in the next version or so.