On 11/9/06, Mogens Kjaer <mk@xxxxxx> 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
