--- Shawn Milo <shawnmilo@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
