List all CD devices:

$ cdrdao scanbus

Blank a CD-RW:

$ cdrdao blank --device ATA:0,1,0 --driver generic-mmc

Burn an ISO:

$ cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=ATA:0,1,0 ./geexbox-0.98-fr.iso

Generate an ISO image of a CD-ROM:

$ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/cdrom-image.iso

Create an ISO from a local directory:

$ mkisofs -R -r -l -J -V volid -o /tmp/cdrom-image.iso src

Where:

• volid is the volume ID to be written into the master block;

• /tmp/cdrom-image.iso is the destination filename of the newly created ISO image;

• src is the temporary ISO directory containing the files and file structure you wish to have included in the ISO image.

Mount a local ISO image as if it’s a physical CD-Rom:

$ mount -t iso9660 -o loop /tmp/cdrom-image.iso /media/cd-image/

Mount an UDF file system image:

$ fuseiso -p dvd.img /media/dvd-image/

Convert a Nero’s proprietary .nrg CD image to standard ISO file:

$ nrg2iso dvd-image.nrg dvd-image.iso