Directly Copying from CD to CD-RW

[Amy M]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>dd if=/dev/hdX | cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdY speed=4 -
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>/dev/hdX is the source drive and /dev/hdY the burning device.
>If you have the buffer utility it can help in between (buffer -S 8m -s
>2048).
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>Alexander
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Thanks for the help.  The procedure is good for "data" CDs.  For music 
CDs, since you typically have to go through a ripping step before can 
even copy it onto the HD, will your procedure work?  (Apologize that I 
am speaking from ignorance.)