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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning movie DVDs with dd - only works after accessing disk with another command? | ||
| Date: | Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:56 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20090811083348.3969e71f@zaphod.digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Cloning movie DVDs with dd - only works after accessing disk with another command? by Stroller |
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| 1 | On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:43:17 +0100, Stroller wrote: |
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| 3 | > I'm guessing it has something to do with DeCSS encryption, but firstly |
| 4 | > I don't understand how that applies to dd, because I'd have assumed |
| 5 | > that treats the drive as a block device. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Probably because the CSS stuff is stored in a separate area of the drive, |
| 8 | which is not copied by dd. If you use vobcopy with the mirror option, it |
| 9 | creates a decrypted copy of the DVD's contents. |
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| 11 | |
| 12 | -- |
| 13 | Neil Bothwick |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Stupidity is NOT a handicap. You'll have to park elsewhere. |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning movie DVDs with dd - only works after accessing disk with another command? | Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> |
| [gentoo-user] Bash script inquiry | Richard Marza <richardmarzan@×××××××××.net> |