CD Data is not getting copied to Hard Disk

[gpt.ankur]

hi,

I have recently installed ubuntu 8.04. Whenevr i try to copy any CD or DVD to my hard disk i get error saying
"there was an error copying the file into /media/Data/mpegav.
Details:
Error reading from file: Input/output error"

Here Data is my mounted windows drive. as i have dual OS with windows vista i tried to copy same disc in windows and it gets copied without giving any error.so i think there has to be some problem with my linux installation only.

Can anyone tell me what can be the possible cause for this.

Thankx in advance.
Ankur

[pytheas22]

It could be a problem with permissions. Try copying as root (if you don't know how, ask).

You could also try copying to somewhere on your Ubuntu partition first (e.g. your desktop) and then from there copy over to the Windows partition.

[gpt.ankur]

Hi,

I tried your suggestion "copying using root user access on my user desktop(linux) partition."

but still i am having the same problem.

[pytheas22]

Can you copy any files (not just from a CD, but from anywhere on your hard drive) into the Windows partition when it's mounted under Ubuntu?

[gpt.ankur]

yes....i am able to copy from windows partition to linux ,from linux to windows partition,linux/windows partition to external hard disk,external hard disk to windows/linux partition....only when i have to copy from cd/dvd i am facing this issue.

[gpt.ankur]

As i was trying to figure out more specific problem....i found out most of the cd/dvd are movies disk.which was not even playing with vlc/mplayer. but when i tried to copy from data cd i was able to copy.

so can anyone help me with how can i copy any movie cd/dvd to hard disk in linux.

[pytheas22]

I assume that the disks are encrypted, which explains why Ubuntu can't play them. You have to install the software to deal with protected disks (for philosophical and legal reasons Ubuntu doesn't include this by default):

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Then see if you can copy. If it still doesn't work, please give more information on how you're trying to copy...are you exploring the CD in Nautilus (the graphical file browser) and trying to drag and drop files onto the hard drive?

[gpt.ankur]

i have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras but still i am not able to copy/play.

for copying i am exploring the CD in Nautilus copy with right click then going to desktop and pasting with right click. also i tried copying with cp command in terminal but i am getting same error only.

[pytheas22]

What if you copy a file from the CD to your Ubuntu desktop, and then from your desktop, you copy that same file over to the Windows partition? In other words, it would be something like (from terminal):

cp /media/cdrom0/file ~/Desktop/file
cp ~/Desktop/file /media/disk

this would work, right?

[gpt.ankur]

i am already trying the same way .

this was not working.....

i am currently updating my linux system.might be that can help with this.

also i am reinstalling restricted-extra package.

will post here after that the if the problem gets resolved.