backup a write-protected CD in Linux

[Francisco Figueiredo Jr.]

 --- Shawn Milo <shawnmilo at runbox.com> escreveu: 
> YigalB wrote:
> 
> > I have a game which my kids love very much, run on XP. The company 
> > which made this CD is no longer alive, and the CD starts to be in bed 
> > shape – so I must back it up – the sooner is better.
> >
> > Is there a SW to do it under Fedora core? I know some utils under XP 
> > (clone CD, Nero etc).
> >
> > Oh yea – one more thing – the CD is protected – I guess it has some 
> > “bad sectors” or similar.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Yigal
> >
> 
> I suggest trying dd. It is a simple command-line utility which will copy
> a file byte by byte, and will not be fooled by "bad sector" problems.
> 
> Syntax: dd bs=32 if=/dev/hdb of=/home/yourname/file.iso
> 
> The "bs=32" tells it to read in 32 bytes and write out 32 bytes, 
> regardless of
> the junk in those bytes. This will even allow you to make copies of 
> filesystems
> your system does not understand.
> 
> Shawn
> 


Hi, check that site:
http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_copy_patch_linux.shtml

I don't know if you are trying to copy a psx cd, but I used the procedures said
here and it worked like a charm! So, I think it could work with any protected
cd you may want to back up. It also explains why dd would fail to copy some
protected cds.

I hope it helps.

Regards,

Francisco Figueiredo Jr.



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