readdvd(1)
NAME
readdvd - is creating an image of your source dvd media or medias even
if it has / they have corrupted blocks
SYNOPSIS
readdvd [-l] [-h] readdvd -d DEVICE1 [-d DEVICE2] [-d ...] -o file.iso [-s #] [-v] [-vv]
DESCRIPTION
readdvd reads even a corrupted dvd and writes the the result into a new
image file on your harddisk.
DEVICE
can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not
all SATA controller support all Plextor features.
Linux:
/dev/hdX: IDE device
/dev/scdX: Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via idescsi emulation
/dev/srX: Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device
OpenBSD/NetBSD:
/dev/rcdX
FreeBSD:
/dev/cd: SCSI device
/dev/acd: ATA device
MacOS X:
/dev/disk:
win32:
C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:
OPTIONS
-l scan busses for all available CD and DVD devices
-h help shows available options.
- -o file.iso
- write data to imagefile named file.iso
- -s # read source media with selected speed
- -v use verbose mode
- -vv use extended verbose mode
INTERACTIVE MODUS
q stop reading media and exit
w save sector map which is currently read and continue with the next
one
EXAMPLES
- readdvd -d /dev/sr0 -o filename.iso -s 8 -v
- create an image filename.bin of inserted media in device /dev/sr0
- with read speed 8 in verbose mode.
- please report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de