backup a write-protected CD in Linux
Stephen Liu
satimis at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 26 11:09:30 UTC 2004
Hi Jeff,
- snip -
> use k3b or scdroast to copy the CD.
> an alternative is to use the manual 2 step process
>
> # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso
I suppose it is not necessary to mount the CD. If I'm
wrong please correct me.
Tks.
B.R.
Stephen Liu
>
> then you will have an image of the cd that cam be
> burnt to the new cd
> with cdrecord from the command line or by using
> xcdroast or k3b as well.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Oh yea â one more thing â the CD is protected
> â I guess it has some
> > âbad sectorsâ or similar.
> >
> If it has some version of the copy protection stuff
> you may be out of
> luck. I don't know what is available for that on
> Linux and only some can
> do it on Windows.
>
> In the past I have used clonecd on windows to make
> copies of some
> things, but the later versions seem to have been
> modified to not copy
> the protection stuff.
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Yigal
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