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Make image file from audio CD on Linux

I want to store in my hard disk some audio Cds, and I found an error using mkisofs tool making an iso image. The problem here is that mkisofs is not able to read an audio CD because it has not a valid file system as has a data CD/DVD.

I found the solution using cdrdao tool:

$ cdrdao read-cd -v 2 --device /dev/cdrom --read-raw --datafile cdaudio.bin cdaudio.toc

To write the image to an other CD run this command:

$ cdrdao write -v 2 --device /dev/cdrom --speed 4 --buffers 64 cdaudio.toc