Other Help Topics :: Odd read only problem & How to copy DVD contents



swear to the gods i'm ready to just fricking install windows on that damn machine & be done with it!

i tried loading dsl and i used the "toram" parameter.  fine, the method mikshaw mentioned does work on the cmd line but it freezes the whole damn system when i copy the contents of the DVD to the drive!  I'm booting from a separate CDRom and just using the DVDRom to copy files.

help?  I'm almost ready to scrap this idea to be honest but i figured i'd ask for any other ideas before i do.

sighs

aveline
If it was me, I'd do just that, install Windows and do whatever you need to do w/ it.
Hell, use what works, you can still use DSL or any other Linux in a separate partition and dual boot or run off the cd.
I say this because you're obviously and understandably upset over this.

Play around with DSL and figure out why it is giving problems but I'd use whatever works if the things you need are important.

Bye the way, maybe I missed it but how much ram do you have?

roadie
Hmmm, thats one thing I noticed about linux, a lack of progress bars.

The copying of the DVD is no doubt a tme consuming task mabe the program you used to do it wasnt multi threaded so it could still accept user input while it was copying.

DVD copying software in windows is well, err ummm mostly illegal, unless you have software that came with a DVD rw drive.
A couple of things that come to mind.
You have set up the hard drive with a vfat partition, are you able to mount and read files on it?
Can you copy files from DSL, any files, to the hard drive?
If you can, does copying of any kind freeze the system?
You said mikshaws method works, so when you use it to mount the drive, type in a terminal "mount"

That will show all mounted partitions and also show if it's mounted rw
Also try "dmesg" in a terminal, look for errors of the "input-output" type, I've had drives that could be read but could'nt be written to properly.


roadie
Quote (jerome5 @ Sep. 01 2004,23:12)
Hmmm, thats one thing I noticed about linux, a lack of progress bars.

The copying of the DVD is no doubt a tme consuming task mabe the program you used to do it wasnt multi threaded so it could still accept user input while it was copying.

DVD copying software in windows is well, err ummm mostly illegal, unless you have software that came with a DVD rw drive.

jerome, you don't seem to read my posts very well... please re-read them before telling me that copying a DVD is illegal.  you also misread the one about me wanting to read these files again later in windows.

avey
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