Duplicating Data CDs from the Command Line

Duplicating Data CDs from the Command Line

Use the dd command line utility to create an ISO image file from the /dev/ cdrom device as follows :

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=mycd.raw

Make sure you have /dev/cdrom as your CD-ROM or linked to your CD-ROM device. dd will read the device file completely, making an ISO image file that is ready to burn to CD using the cdrecord utility. What could be easier?