making copy of LiveCD?

**bluegenie** · October 26th, 2009

I've a Ubuntu9.04 LiveCD. Can I make a copy of it so that it functions the same as my LiveCD?

**John Bean** · October 26th, 2009

Originally Posted by bluegenie

I've a Ubuntu9.04 LiveCD. Can I make a copy of it so that it functions the same as my LiveCD?

Yes. No special instructions needed.

**SuperSonic4** · October 26th, 2009

Originally Posted by bluegenie

I've a Ubuntu9.04 LiveCD. Can I make a copy of it so that it functions the same as my LiveCD?

Yeah, no problem. It's even encouraged

Best practice IMO would be to make an ISO (disc image) of the livecd and burn the ISO to however many cds you want

**bluegenie** · October 27th, 2009

Can I copy the cd contents without making an ISO image?
Beacuse making of an ISO image in Ubuntu takes hell lot of a time!

**John Bean** · October 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by bluegenie

Can I copy the cd contents without making an ISO image?
Beacuse making of an ISO image in Ubuntu takes hell lot of a time!

That makes no sense. Unless you have two optical drives and can do a direct disk-to-disk copy then the contents of the cd have to be read and saved to disk before a copy is made. An ISO is an exact copy of the CD in a single file, it's never quicker to copy individual files than it is to just make an ISO. In any case, if you just copy the files you'll have the job of making a bootable CD from the collection of files; a bootable CD is more than the individual files it contains.

Making a ISO is the way to go. The speed is down to your hardware and possibly the method you use, since some software may be generating checksums and verifying the copy which increases the time taken.