Duplicating Data CDs with X-CD-Roast

This is really very easy. I'm sure it can be done from the command line, but X-CD-Roast is just so darn easy that I haven't gotten around to learning to do it the hard way (you've read my disclaimer about this already). Basically, just throw the CD to be copied into the CD-R/CD-RW drive, and bring up xcdroast (as root, mind you). Then select the Copy Data CD option, and you'll get Figure 18-7 .

Figure 18-7. Copy CD dialog.

Click on down to the Read Image section, and fill in an appropriate filename. In Figure 18-8 , I just used the default name of image1.raw.

Figure 18-8. Read Image dialog.

Continue on to verifying the image you've just pulled off, and then write it to a CD. Anytime you buy software, the first thing you should do is to make a couple of backup copies ”then lock the original away in a safe place. This is especially true of really expensive stuff, like Adobe Photoshop. After I carelessly scratched up my copy of Rogue Spear, I was quite relieved that I'd made a couple of backup copies. Remember, making backup copies does not violate license agreements unless you give copies away to your friends .