Recipe: Creating ISO files, Hybrid ISO Create an ISO image from /dev/cdrom ====================================== # cat /dev/cdrom > image.iso # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=image.iso Create an ISO image from directory contents ============================================== $ mkisofs -o image.iso source_dir/ -V "Label" Hybrid ISO that boots off pendrive or hard disk =============================================== # isohybrid image.iso # dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdb1 Burning an ISO commandline =========================== # cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom image.iso Playing with CD Rom tray ======================== $ eject $ eject -t