I made backup cd's of all the mp3's i ripped on to my old Windows XP box. When i try to put them on my Linux box i get this error...

matrix@Linux-Powered:~/MP3$ cp /dev/hdd /home/matrix/MP3
cp: reading `/dev/hdd': Input/output error
matrix@Linux-Powered:~/MP3$

how can i get this to work, so i can create another music library on my box?

# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set

What exactly is hdd?
Hard-drive? CD-ROM?
And you really should mount it, rather than
trying to use a raw-device :)


Cheers,
TInk

it's my cdrom drive i have two /hdc /hdd /hda is my harddrive. I've tried both /dev/hdd and /dev/hdc and i have mounted them both...

You still need to use the mountpoint, then,
rather than the raw-device ...

cp /<your mnt>/<directory>/<cdrom>/* /<tareget>/<directory>

Cheers,
Tink

if you mean cp /mnt/cdrom1 /dev/hdd /home/matrix/MP3 i tried that. After it is done, i cd into /home/matrix/MP3 and there is an .hdd in it. but no music files

ok, i got that.. now i get this

root@Linux-Powered:/mnt/cdrom1# cp mount /mnt/cdrom1/* /home/matrix/MP3
cp: cannot stat `mount': No such file or directory
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom1/System of a Down'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom1/Testament'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom1/Tool'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/cdrom1/Type O Negative'
root@Linux-Powered:/mnt/cdrom1#

Ok, i figured it out.. i had to mv /mnt/cdrom1/* /home/matrix/MP3 now i got them copied..working on the rest of my Mp3 cds... Thanks

Just an advice: since I see you go by try and error (nothing wrong, we all do) I STRONGLY suggest you don't normally operate as root: you will likely damage your system soon or later. Also remember periodic backup of /home

Yeah, i usually do stuff under a user until i get a permission denied. Then i cross my fingers and try my luck... whitch isn't very good most of the time.