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Copy a CD or DVD with dd
By Mitch Frazier
Created 2008-04-18 07:32

If you need to copy a CD to your hard drive:

  prompt@shell$  dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/to/cdcopy.iso

For a DVD:

  prompt@shell$  dd if=/dev/dvd of=/path/to/dvdcopy.iso

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Links:
[1] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8831
[2] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6932
[3] http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000073