On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:35 -0800, Thomas Taylor wrote: > On Thursday 23 December 2004 11:44, Bernd Radinger wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:37:34 +0000, Laurence Orchard > > > > <laurence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > I would like to make an exact backup of an installation disk either to > > > another cd or to an image on disk so I can make one at a later date if > > > needed. > > > > > > I have tried using k3b to do an cd copy but the program complains it > > > can't find the disk. I'm presuming there is some difference between the > > > original and the copy. > > > > man dd > > man readcd > > > > both can be used to recreate ISO images from CD Both fail though, I have found, if they hit errors on the cd > > > > -- > > Bernd > > Hi Laurence: > > Have you checked the permissions for /dev/cdrom (or whatever your device is) > used by k3b? Normally it is set to root, not user. At least that was my > experience. Also, be sure you have "clone copy" checked instead of the > default "normal copy". > > HTH, Tom > Hi Tom Yes I have changed the permissions for /dev/cdrom and the clone copy is checked, as is do not correct errors (in case they are deliberate) Laurence --
