md wrote: > Using an old PATA-to-USB cable, I attached a 15 year old PATA DVD Drive to > the SATA based computer I've been using. With this drive (/dev/sr1), dd > seems to working fine without having to precede it with dvdbackup -M.
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > But aren't those copied sectors still scrambled ? > (Can you play all the video files that were copied ?) I don't know if they are scrambled. I suspect so. First 30 min of 3 iso's tested fine on Win7 using VLC > OpenFile. They play just like the optical disk. Temporary. Easier/safer than discs in the station wagon on road trips.
