Hi
I need to make a back up copy of a dvd I purchased. the output below is suggestive of not completing the burning for some reason.

thank you for you help
$ dd if=/dev/hdd of=YBCR2.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc
$ growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=YBCR2.iso -speed=16
741801984/4405755904 (16.8%) @0.0x, remaining 8:48
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=586e0h, retry in 35ms
741801984/4405755904 (16.8%) @0.0x, remaining 9:03
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=586e0h, retry in 35ms
741801984/4405755904 (16.8%) @0.0x, remaining 9:18
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=586e0h, retry in 35ms
749469696/4405755904 (17.0%) @1.6x, remaining 9:30
...
1432027136/4405755904 (32.5%) @2.9x, remaining 7:22
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=ac3e0h, retry in 0ms
:-[ WRITE@LBA=800ac3e0h failed with SK=2h/ASC=04h/ACQ=08h]: Resource temporarily unavailable
builtin_dd: 705504*2KB out @ average 4.7x1385KBps
:-( write failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
/dev/hdd: flushing cache
/dev/hdd: updating RMA
/dev/hdd: closing session
[fred@localhost ~]$

Ekdya -

Are you aware that you are posting in the CloneDVD Forum? From the information you have posted above it appears that you are not using the CloneDVD software program and as such your posting is off topic for the CloneDVD Forum.

It might be helpful if you provided the Software Name(s) and Version Number(s) of the software program(s) you are using. Also provide any Error Code and Error Notification narrative that you recive.

BeLooken

System
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K3b Version: 0.12.15

KDE Version: 3.5.4-0.3.fc5 Fedora-Core
QT Version: 3.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5
Devices
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ASUS DRW-1608P 1.40 (/dev/hdd, ) at [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Jump; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite]

Used versions
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growisofs: 5.21

growisofs
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Error trying to open /dev/hdd exclusively ... retrying in 1 second.
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/hdd: "Current Write Speed" is 16.4x1385KBps.
9961472/3670409216 ( 0.3%) @1.8x, remaining 36:44
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=1300h, retry in 35ms
9961472/3670409216 ( 0.3%) @0.0x, remaining 55:07
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=1300h, retry in 35ms
9961472/3670409216 ( 0.3%) @0.0x, remaining 79:36
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=1300h, retry in 35ms
9961472/3670409216 ( 0.3%) @0.0x, remaining 97:59
18350080/3670409216 ( 0.5%) @1.8x, remaining 63:01
46235648/3670409216 ( 1.3%) @5.9x, remaining 30:02
68681728/3670409216 ( 1.9%) @4.7x, remaining 22:43
91095040/3670409216 ( 2.5%) @4.7x, remaining 18:59
114130944/3670409216 ( 3.1%) @4.9x, remaining 17:08
135856128/3670409216 ( 3.7%) @4.6x, remaining 15:36
156598272/3670409216 ( 4.3%) @4.4x, remaining 14:35
181305344/3670409216 ( 4.9%) @5.2x, remaining 13:47
203030528/3670409216 ( 5.5%) @4.6x, remaining 13:05
213876736/3670409216 ( 5.8%) @2.3x, remaining 13:11
234946560/3670409216 ( 6.4%) @4.5x, remaining 12:54
258211840/3670409216 ( 7.0%) @4.9x, remaining 12:20
270139392/3670409216 ( 7.4%) @2.5x, remaining 12:22
295862272/3670409216 ( 8.1%) @5.4x, remaining 11:58
321355776/3670409216 ( 8.8%) @5.4x, remaining 11:27
337248256/3670409216 ( 9.2%) @3.3x, remaining 11:21
363134976/3670409216 ( 9.9%) @5.5x, remaining 11:04
:-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=2c190h, retry in 0ms
:-[ WRITE@LBA=8002c190h failed with SK=2h/ASC=04h/ACQ=08h]: Resource temporarily unavailable
:-( write failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
/dev/hdd: flushing cache
/dev/hdd: updating RMA
/dev/hdd: closing disc

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:1792192 -dvd-compat