ISO Ripping

[Jason Stephenson]

If you just want to rip an ISO image from a CD-ROM, then I wouldn't 
bother with a gui. Just do this:

$ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/to/image.iso bs=8k

That'll rip the whole disc for you. You can make the bs option larger if 
you like, but 8k seems to give the best overall performance for me on a 
variety of x86 hardware. Also, I've noticed that CD-R and CD-RW drives 
seem to do better at ripping whole discs like this than do conventional 
CD-ROM drives. YMMV.

Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> What GUI's are people using to rip/create ISO images? I'm looking for a
> front-end to cdrecord/mkisofs that is friendly and easy to use for
> people who are used to using ez-cd creator and Nero Burning rom. Any
> ideas?
> 
> TIA,
> Kenny
>