ISO creator

[jptelthorst]

What is a good app for creating .iso's? I've tried right clicking on a disc-> clicking copy disc, and then then selecting copy disc to file image, but the file image that is created is unreadable. Any help would be appreciated.

[cariboo]

Open a Applications-->Accessories-->Termianl and type:

dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cdimage.iso

where /dev/scd0 is your cdrom drive and cdimage.iso can be the name of you cd. This will create an exact duplicate of your cd/dvd.

Jim

[jptelthorst]

How do I determine what path my cdrom is at? I entered the code as you posted, and I get the error:

dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cdimage.iso
dd: reading `/dev/scd0': Input/output error
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.00662263 s, 0.0 kB/s

The location of my cdrom as listed in nautilus is: cdda://scd0/

[srt4play]

If you want a graphical app for this, try isomaster.

[jptelthorst]

I think that the reason I am having troubles is because it is an audio cd.

[srt4play]

I think you're right. If you are trying to copy an audio cd, you might use sound juicer to rip the tracks and brasero to burn them onto a blank disc.