burning games and playing online

i have a couple of questions
1. can many of the games be copied and burned using like dvd decrypter and writing the iso
2. is there a list for the games that can be copied
3. what games do you need patches for
4. how do you apply patches
5. do you patch a game first before you change the dnas id to play online
6. when you patch the game to play online do you just use swap magic and play online like regular game
7.what is ps2 menu
8. what is the reality media player
9. do you use these on a hdd cause i have one or cd
thanks alot