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>.