Re: On burning backups and a word of thanks, I finally got Kaffeine and Mplayer working.

ludvikengelbrekt@yahoo.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and
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> Hi,
>
> I am planning on making a backup copy of the SuSE dvd, and was just> making sure what needs to be done. The catch is that the machine
with
> the one dvd burner I have access to is running on wondow$, so I'll
> have to use Nero. I quess that the best way to go is to copy the
> entire content of the dvd to the hard drive (on a fat partition in
> this case, does this pose a problem?), and to make the disk also
> bootable I'll have to burn it as an iso image? I suppose that the
Yast
> md5 checksum tool is able to detect if something went wrong (even on
a
> 8+Gig file!?). I just rather that the operation goes fine the first> time, as dual-layer dvds are relatively expensive (twelve freakin'
> euros a piece).

Does Nero have the capability to create ISO`s from a disk?

I know it used to going back to Nero 5 ( I think ) if so then just
create the ISO onto your hard-drive and then burn from there, no needto make it bootable as the ISO contains an exact image of the bootable

disk.

Caveats apply though as I have not used Nero for years but it should
work.

You want to try and get hold of some Dual DVD RW`s I have had them onorder for ages from the local store, now those are expensive but worth

it.

>
> Thank you for any replies!
>
> Also the slight difficulties I had with Kaffeine and Mplayer on
> crypted dvd playback got solved! For some reason Mplayer could not
> play at all if Kaffeine was still running in the system tray. Also
the
> Mplayer "nosound" issue was solved with running it on the "-ao sdl"> argument. Also after a few bootups, an update and some tender loving

> care (i.e. don't know what I did), Kaffeine now recognizes most of
my
> dvds, Mplayer the rest. A big thanks to all who helped me!!!

Glad to help, even though it was something we did not take account
for

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> Does Nero have the capability to create ISO`s from a disk?

Yes, that it does, but...

> I know it used to going back to Nero 5 ( I think ) if so then just
> create the ISO onto your hard-drive and then burn from there, no
need
> to make it bootable as the ISO contains an exact image of the
bootable
> disk.

.... how do I make the ISO image onto the hard drive in the first
place? A
simple copy-paste does not work here I gather?
Well, perhaps this discussion forum is the wrong place to ask, as I'll
have
to work with Windows. I'll try to look it up somewhere.

> You want to try and get hold of some Dual DVD RW`s I have had them
on
> order for ages from the local store, now those are expensive but
worth
> it.

That would be a good idea.
Thank you!

ludvikengelbrekt@yahoo.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and
donned
asbestos underwear to post:

>
>> Does Nero have the capability to create ISO`s from a disk?
>
> Yes, that it does, but...
>
>> I know it used to going back to Nero 5 ( I think ) if so then just>> create the ISO onto your hard-drive and then burn from there, no
need
>> to make it bootable as the ISO contains an exact image of the
>> bootable disk.
>
> ... how do I make the ISO image onto the hard drive in the first
> place? A simple copy-paste does not work here I gather?
> Well, perhaps this discussion forum is the wrong place to ask, as
I'll
> have to work with Windows. I'll try to look it up somewhere.

IIRC when you go to copy the disk there should be an option of createimage only, which is what it would do if you only had the one DVD/RW
drive, it will stop before asking for the blank disk and keep the
image
in the temp folder that you setup.

HTH
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Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.
Skype <my nick> text only please