Using cdrdao to make several copies of the same CD

[Mogens Kjaer]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 11/8/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
>> > I am using the command
>> >
>> > cdrdao copy --eject --device /dev/dvd
>> >
>> > to duplicate a CD. Is it possible to use cdrdao to copy several copies
>> > of the same CD without having to insert the original CD as many times
>> > as the desired number of copies?
>> >
>> use dd to make an iso image of the CD, then you can use cdrecord, k3b,
>> etc to make as many copies as you wish.
> 
> Thanks, Jeff, but it does not work here:
> 
> $ dd if=/dev/dvd of=mycd.iso
> dd: reading `/dev/dvd': Input/output error
> 0+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
> 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.00744934 seconds, 0.0 kB/s

I assume (because you havn't told us) that you're copying
audio CD's? Then you can't use dd to read the whole CD.

Mogens

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