Using cdrdao to make several copies of the same CD

[Paul Smith]

On 11/9/06, Mogens Kjaer <mk at crc.dk> 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.

Sorry, Mogens, I forgot to say that: indeed, it is an audio cd.

Paul