Utility to backup audio and/or data CDs?

[Darryl Clarke]

On 21/01/06, JuanMa <roadster3043 at coqui.net> wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> What utility do you recommend to make exact or almost exact backups of
> audio and/or data CDs, and that it allows me to save the image in iso
> format?
>
> It can be either gui based or terminal based.

k3b will do this in gui.
-- if you open the 'create copy' dialog, then select 'only create
image' you will be able to specify a filename on the 'image' tab.

the command line way is to use 'dd'
ex:
dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso # for dvd
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso # for cdrom
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.iso # if cdrom is scsi

make sure the drive is not mounted before doing that.

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