HOWTO: Creating a iso image

[Virogenesis]

This is a simple howto on creating a ISO.
Without the use of any programs just simple command line.
Very basic very useful.
Great for making back up images

Open up a terminal window into this window type: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=$HOME/cdrom_image.iso

I'll now explain what this all means in the key below

dd - disk duplicate
if - input file
of- output file
$HOME - system variable that points to your user directory.

Ps:Change cdrom_image to what ever you want the iso to be called.

[daredevil]

Simple and sweet. nice tip

[RaptorRaider]

And the following would work too, right (as in "Is dd limited to (CD-)drives?")?
dd if=/etc/home/me/stuff of=$HOME/imageofstuff.iso

[ounas]

Thanks, I needed that..

-Ounas :-D

[Nate53085]

I believe you can also

sudo cat /dev/hdc > outputfile