Rip audio tracks from a CD to wav files

cd-paranoia -B

Burn a compressed ISO image

gzip -dc cd_iso.gz | cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom

Scan bus to identify the drives

cdrecord --scanbus

Burn an ISO image

cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom cd.iso 	

Create an iso image of a directory

mkisofs -J -allow-leading-dots -R -V "Label CD" -iso-level 4 -o ./cd.iso data_cd

Install / upgrade a deb package from cdrom/dvd

apt-cdrom install package_name

Go back to the previous folder

cd -

Erase a Rewritable Disk

cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/cdrom -eject blank=fast -force

These commands can be used to create an image of a CD/DVD/HDD. You can also use some GUI tool like K3B to do this. Use one any of the three commands…

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd_image.iso
cat /dev/cdrom >image.iso
readcd dev=device f=image.raw

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This command can be used to create an image of a CD/DVD/HDD. You can also use some GUI tool like K3B to do this.

Make sure that the CD is unmounted before running this command

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd_image.iso

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