[cdrtools][] is my package of choice for burning CDs, DVDs, etc.
There is a detailed [Gentoo tutorial][] to get you started, but usage
will look something like

    $ mkdir /tmp/image
    (populate /tmp/image)
    $ mkisofs -o /tmp/image.iso /tmp/image
    $ sudo cdrecord -eject dev=/dev/cdrom /tmp/image.iso

[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 cdrtools, 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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