problems copying DVD in k3b
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it? System specs. are: SUSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.13-15-default, KDE 3.4.3b, k3b-0.12.4a-5 I've tried burning "on the fly" but it dies halfway through the process; producing some rather expensive coasters. (Yes . . . next time I'll test it with a DVDRW first) Anyway, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eddie
On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:58, eddieleprince wrote:
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages
Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory
Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it?
System specs. are: SUSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.13-15-default, KDE 3.4.3b, k3b-0.12.4a-5
I've tried burning "on the fly" but it dies halfway through the process; producing some rather expensive coasters. (Yes . . . next time I'll test it with a DVDRW first)
Anyway, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Eddie
In Settings/Configure K3b/Misc is the path to the temp directory used for the image. Check if it is /tmp Cheers -- Get Firefox http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=10745&t=85
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:21, Sunny wrote:
On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:58, eddieleprince wrote:
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages
Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory
Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it?
System specs. are: SUSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.13-15-default, KDE 3.4.3b, k3b-0.12.4a-5
In Settings/Configure K3b/Misc is the path to the temp directory used for the image. Check if it is /tmp
If it is a data DVD you can use dd to copy the image to your disk and then burn it with k3b. dd if=/dev/<device> of=/<some path>/<some file>.iso bs=1024k For example if your device is dvdrecorder and you save the file under your home directory as DVD-copy the command would be dd if=/dev/dvdrecorder of=~/DVD-copy.iso bs=1024k In K3B you use Tools->burn DVD iso to burn the dvd. Note:- this will not work on a music cd. -- Regards, Graham Smith
Le Dimanche 23 Octobre 2005 11:43, Graham Smith a écrit :
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:21, Sunny wrote:
On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:58, eddieleprince wrote:
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages
Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory
Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it?
System specs. are: SUSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.13-15-default, KDE 3.4.3b, k3b-0.12.4a-5
In Settings/Configure K3b/Misc is the path to the temp directory used for the image. Check if it is /tmp
If it is a data DVD you can use dd to copy the image to your disk and then burn it with k3b.
dd if=/dev/<device> of=/<some path>/<some file>.iso bs=1024k
For example if your device is dvdrecorder and you save the file under your home directory as DVD-copy the command would be dd if=/dev/dvdrecorder of=~/DVD-copy.iso bs=1024k
In K3B you use Tools->burn DVD iso to burn the dvd.
Note:- this will not work on a music cd.
Unless I'm wrong this is a bug in k3b. I have two drives /dev/hdc = /media/dvdram and /dev/hdd = /media/dvd If I try to copy a dvd from hdd to hdc or the hard disk I get the error I mentioned above. However, if I copy from hdc to hdc or to the hard disk it works fine without a problem. Also, there is no problem copying a cd from any drive to any destination and viewing dvd's from hdd doesn't present a problem, either. Well, at least, I can copy my dvd. I would be interested if someone could come up with an explanation. I guess I should submit a bug report to k3b. Thanks for the help and suggestions. Eddie
On Sunday 23 October 2005 07:37 am, eddieleprince wrote: [...]
Unless I'm wrong this is a bug in k3b. I have two drives
/dev/hdc = /media/dvdram and /dev/hdd = /media/dvd
If I try to copy a dvd from hdd to hdc or the hard disk I get the error I mentioned above. However, if I copy from hdc to hdc or to the hard disk it works fine without a problem. Also, there is no problem copying a cd from any drive to any destination and viewing dvd's from hdd doesn't present a problem, either.
Well, at least, I can copy my dvd. I would be interested if someone could come up with an explanation. I guess I should submit a bug report to k3b.
Thanks for the help and suggestions.
Eddie =========
I doubt seriously that it's a bug Eddie. I would probably put it under feature myself. Trying to copy from one dvd drive to another on the same channel is haphazard at best! Even a cd copy from drive to drive is not recommended. IDE has always been just a cheap interface for cheap drives to make cheap computers. It was not designed with absolute performance or reliability in mind. It does a good job for what it is, but overload it and it will puke on you! (make coasters or very questionable copies) Writing to cd and especially to dvd is a process that should be done with as few interruptions as possible on IDE to ensure good writes and fewer coasters. Take away or interrupt the drives cpu time and you'll see problems. I was actually happy to see the developers remove the drive to drive copying with DVDs. It was the smart thing to do, rather than listen to everyone blame them for bad discs. regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.8.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v10.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.
On 10/23/2005 04:25 PM, BandiPat wrote:
On Sunday 23 October 2005 07:37 am, eddieleprince wrote: [...]
Unless I'm wrong this is a bug in k3b. I have two drives
/dev/hdc = /media/dvdram and /dev/hdd = /media/dvd
If I try to copy a dvd from hdd to hdc or the hard disk I get the error I mentioned above. However, if I copy from hdc to hdc or to the hard disk it works fine without a problem. Also, there is no problem copying a cd from any drive to any destination and viewing dvd's from hdd doesn't present a problem, either.
Well, at least, I can copy my dvd. I would be interested if someone could come up with an explanation. I guess I should submit a bug report to k3b.
Thanks for the help and suggestions.
Eddie
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I doubt seriously that it's a bug Eddie. I would probably put it under feature myself. Trying to copy from one dvd drive to another on the same channel is haphazard at best! Even a cd copy from drive to drive is not recommended. IDE has always been just a cheap interface for cheap drives to make cheap computers. It was not designed with absolute performance or reliability in mind. It does a good job for what it is, but overload it and it will puke on you! (make coasters or very questionable copies)
Writing to cd and especially to dvd is a process that should be done with as few interruptions as possible on IDE to ensure good writes and fewer coasters. Take away or interrupt the drives cpu time and you'll see problems. I was actually happy to see the developers remove the drive to drive copying with DVDs. It was the smart thing to do, rather than listen to everyone blame them for bad discs.
regards, Lee
I am pretty sure that k3b first makes an iso image in the "tmp" directory, then burns that to disk, when you do a drive-to-drive copy -- at least, I do believe that is what happened when I made my (perfectly legal, Billy, but thanks for caring) backup copy of <an-OS-by-the-company-in-Redmond>.
On Monday 24 October 2005 02:07, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
I am pretty sure that k3b first makes an iso image in the "tmp" directory, then burns that to disk, when you do a drive-to-drive copy
By default yes, but you can check the "on the fly" box to have it copied - um - on the fly
On Sunday 23 October 2005 08:15 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 24 October 2005 02:07, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
I am pretty sure that k3b first makes an iso image in the "tmp" directory, then burns that to disk, when you do a drive-to-drive copy
By default yes, but you can check the "on the fly" box to have it copied - um - on the fly =======
Yes, I believe that is still available for CDs, but not DVD copying. Wasn't there when I was running 9.2 and don't believe it's changed now. Lee
On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 20:43 +1000, Graham Smith wrote:
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:21, Sunny wrote:
On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:58, eddieleprince wrote:
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages
Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory
Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it?
System specs. are: SUSE10.0, Kernel 2.6.13-15-default, KDE 3.4.3b, k3b-0.12.4a-5
In Settings/Configure K3b/Misc is the path to the temp directory used for the image. Check if it is /tmp
If it is a data DVD you can use dd to copy the image to your disk and then burn it with k3b.
dd if=/dev/<device> of=/<some path>/<some file>.iso bs=1024k
For example if your device is dvdrecorder and you save the file under your home directory as DVD-copy the command would be dd if=/dev/dvdrecorder of=~/DVD-copy.iso bs=1024k
In K3B you use Tools->burn DVD iso to burn the dvd.
How are your permissions set. I have a drive with a small Windows partition about 4gig. I have used dd to make the iso. K3b says its not ISO9660 so I can not burn it. This is only single layer. This is in 9.2 Pro. I can however as root create a data dvd with drag and drop. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/
On Sunday 23 October 2005 3:58 am, eddieleprince wrote:
When I attempt to copy a DVD in k3b I get the following messages
Checking source media... Writing image file to /tmp/k3b_image.img. Not enough space left in temporary directory
Because I was receiving this error a mounted /tmp in its own partition which currently has 18.7 Gb free space. The DVD is less than 4Gb. so I find it had to believe that this is really a space problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and possibly how I might fix it?
[snip] Eddie, I'm not sure what's going on, but I had a problem like that sometime ago on a different release, so I setup a dir. under my /local partitian (VERY large) called cdrecord. Then, changed the settings in xcdroast and k3b.....problem solved. The permissions on /local and all subdirs is group=users with read and write. Hope this helps. Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x
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