Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-24 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 22:51 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, here is dmesg output, the last two lines indicate that: hdc: DMA disabled hdc: ATAPI reset complete The lines that are interesting to me are: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-24 Thread Joseph
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 13:08 -0500, JimD wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:49:09 -0700 Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've disable IDE ATAPI CD-ROM in the kernel but the DVD-drive wasn't recognized upon reboot; well I think I just have to wait till they fix it in the kernel :-/ For now,

[gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Joseph
A week ago I was posted a message when struggling trying to copy my own DVD with: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso or cat /dev/dvd backup.iso After following several leads from Gentoo folks (including replacing DVD cable) I've narrow it down to problem with dma resetting itself on eject. When I

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After following several leads from Gentoo folks (including replacing DVD cable) I've narrow it down to problem with dma resetting itself on eject. Hmm, what type of controller is this attached to? On my new laptop, I have a PATA DVD burner, but it

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 20:44 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After following several leads from Gentoo folks (including replacing DVD cable) I've narrow it down to problem with dma resetting itself on eject. Hmm, what type of controller is this

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is interesting. My DVD burner is connected to IDE controller and I have in kernel enabled both options support: * Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support and * SCSI CDROM support My DVD is recognized as /dev/hdc If I disable first option DE/ATAPI

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 21:24 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is interesting. My DVD burner is connected to IDE controller and I have in kernel enabled both options support: * Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support and * SCSI CDROM support My DVD

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso - DMA related problem

2006-03-23 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/23/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, here is dmesg output, the last two lines indicate that: hdc: DMA disabled hdc: ATAPI reset complete The lines that are interesting to me are: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:0f.1 sata_via :00:0f.0: version 1.1 The above PCI id

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 17 March 2006 23:13, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso': 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

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-17 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 21:52 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Thursday 16 March 2006 12:11, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso': The strange part is that when I mount the same DVD in amd64-machine all directory and files are listed

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 17 March 2006 11:39, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso': On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 21:52 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Thursday 16 March 2006 12:11, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-17 Thread Joseph
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

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Joseph writes: Is there any limitation in using dd to generate backup of DVD (dvd is 4.7, unencrypted)? There should be no limit. If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout 4.3Gb Are there any syslog or dmesg messages? Some

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Joseph, on Wednesday, 2006-03-15 at 15:55:17, you wrote: could be the reader then? Do you have another computer with a dvd drive and 4.7g available space? Yes, I've tired on two different systems, one is x86 and the other amd64 with similar result on both of them; the copying stops at

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Rasmus Andersen
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 11:49:00AM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Or use dvdisaster (free, get it from http://www.dvdisaster.com/). It is especially useful for bad disks, and doesn't stop when encountering an error. I havent followed this thread closely but have the 'conv=noerror' option to

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 15:24 +0100, Rasmus Andersen wrote: On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 11:49:00AM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Or use dvdisaster (free, get it from http://www.dvdisaster.com/). It is especially useful for bad disks, and doesn't stop when encountering an error. I havent

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:43:53 -0700, Joseph wrote: Good try, thank. But the output is the same, I got only about 846MB out of 4.7Gb DVD and it stopped with Input/output error Is it the same place on every disc? -- Neil Bothwick Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning I can't configure

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:58 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:43:53 -0700, Joseph wrote: Good try, thank. But the output is the same, I got only about 846MB out of 4.7Gb DVD and it stopped with Input/output error Is it the same place on every disc? NEW INFORMATION I've

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 16 March 2006 12:11, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso': The strange part is that when I mount the same DVD in amd64-machine all directory and files are listed in small letters (and I know they should be all CAPS). Though, I

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Harald Arnesen
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:14 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout 4.3Gb Is it the same size every

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 18:47 +1300, Glenn Enright wrote: On Wednesday 15 March 2006 17:50, Ghaith Hachem wrote: On 3/15/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I try cp /dev/hdc file.iso I get an error: cp: reading /dev/hdc' : Input/output error there's a problem with the disk then it's

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 10:23 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:14 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:04:06 -0700 Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I would add the bs option to increase the buffer and therefore speed. Something like: dd bs=10 if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso No, this command didn't work either, I got

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:50:59 -0700, Joseph wrote: Yes, the disk is unmounted. I have the same problem on x86 and AMD64. There are no scratches on the disk. Have you tried another disc? I asked this before but you haven't mentioned it. -- Neil Bothwick Time for a diet!

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Eric Bliss
On Wednesday 15 March 2006 14:04, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I would add the bs option to increase the buffer and therefore speed. Something like: dd bs=10 if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso No, this command didn't work either, I got about

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 14:30 -0800, Eric Bliss wrote: On Wednesday 15 March 2006 14:04, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I would add the bs option to increase the buffer and therefore speed. Something like: dd bs=10 if=/dev/dvd

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:55:17 -0700 Joseph wrote: On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 11:19 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:04:06 -0700 Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I would add the bs option to increase the buffer and

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Joseph
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:06 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:55:17 -0700 Joseph wrote: On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 11:19 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:04:06 -0700 Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:24:12 -0700 Joseph wrote: Good try, but it didn't work either. When, I mount the DVD and try: mkisofs -o mydvd.iso /mnt/dvdr/ I get: mkisofs: Input/output error. can not read from '/mnt/dvdr/video_ts/vts_01_0.bup' I run out of ideas as well how to copy (my own)

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 15:55 -0700, Joseph wrote: I can mount the DVD without any problems. I created the DVD using dvd-slideshow and it worked perfectly. I can rip VOB's from the DVD using k3b or dvdrip; works in both programs. So I can recreate the DVD but what bugs me that I can not make

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Ghaith Hachem
This might sound weird but yesterday i was making an iso out of a 700MB cdrom with the cp /dev/hda command it gave an error then i started gnome cd master and did the image it copied normally it happened to 2 cds so try that -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Joseph
Is there any limitation in using dd to generate backup of DVD (dvd is 4.7, unencrypted)? If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout 4.3Gb -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout 4.3Gb Is it the same size every time? Is is the same with different discs? It could be a fault on the disc. I usually use cp /dev/dvd

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Joseph
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:14 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout 4.3Gb Is it the same size every time? Is is the same with different

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Ghaith Hachem
On 3/15/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I try cp /dev/hdc file.iso I get an error: cp: reading /dev/hdc' : Input/output error there's a problem with the disk then it's not reading it -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Glenn Enright
On Wednesday 15 March 2006 17:50, Ghaith Hachem wrote: On 3/15/06, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I try cp /dev/hdc file.iso I get an error: cp: reading /dev/hdc' : Input/output error there's a problem with the disk then it's not reading it the disk is unmounted right? -- Chance is

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-14 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 15 March 2006 00:00, Joseph wrote: Is there any limitation in using dd to generate backup of DVD (dvd is 4.7, unencrypted)? There is not. If I use: dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso First of all, I would add the bs option to increase the buffer and therefore speed. Something like: dd