Add readcd and cdrkit notes to cdrtools post.
authorW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Wed, 4 May 2011 18:24:40 +0000 (14:24 -0400)
committerW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Wed, 4 May 2011 18:24:40 +0000 (14:24 -0400)
posts/cdrtools.mdwn

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@@ -10,10 +10,19 @@ will look something like
 [ISO-9660][] has fairly strict filename restrictions, see `-iso-level`
 in `mkisofs(8)` or [Wikipedia][] for details.
 
+To rip an ISO from a CD, you can use
+
+    $ sudo readcd dev=/dev/cdrom f=/tmp/image.iso
+
+If you don't like cdrecord, there is also the fork [cdrkit][] which
+dates back to a 2006 license dispute between cdrtools author Jörg
+Schilling and the folks at Debian.
+
 [cdrtools]: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html
 [Gentoo tutorial]: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_ATAPI_CD_Burning
 [ISO-9660]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
 [Wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#File_and_directory_name_restrictions
+[cdrkit]: http://www.cdrkit.org/
 
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 [[!tag tags/tools]]