CD Copy Software Recommendation

[Patton Echols]

On 01/04/2010 04:25 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:24:10 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>
>   
>> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:13:52 +0000 (UTC) "Mark C. Miller"
>> <mr.mcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I received a data cd today that I would like to copy.  Brasero gives me
>>> an option to create an .iso file, but that's not what I want. The only
>>> way I could make a copy with it was to copy the files to the hard disk
>>> and then drag them into the Brasero window to burn on a new disk
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any recommendations for software that would make a
>>> copy of the data on the disk without having to copy everything to the
>>> hard drive?  I abandoned Windows long enough ago now that I can't
>>> remember how it worked, but I seem to recall that when I inserted a
>>> disk with data already on it, I was given an option to copy the disk. 
>>> That's what I'd like to get for Ubuntu.  I'm running 9.10 and have
>>> access to a 9.04 system.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> mcm
>>>       
>> Brasero 2.28.2 on my Karmic system has a specific button labeled, "Disc
>> copy."
>> It also says, "Create 1:1 copy of aCD/DVD." Does yours not have that or
>> does it not do as advertised?
>>
>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>     
>
> mine has the option, but the drop down menu in select a disk to write to 
> refers to an image file only.
>
> mcm
>
>
>   
  If the drop down does not offer something like "copy to drive 
containing source disk"  as well as "disk image"  then brasero must not 
be recognizing the drive as a writer.  Can you create an ISO and then 
use brasero to burn it?