Hi, I just got my cd writer (Samsung) and i want to copy some audio cd's. I got a cdrom and a cd writer. Basically i need to copy an audio cd (which is in the cd rom) to an empty cd in the cd writer. Basically i want to make an identical copy of the audio cd. I tried using cdrecord without any luck, any ideas on how to make it with cd record? Or esle any suggestions for other good software please? BTW i am using mandrake 9.1

You could check out X-CD-Roast. It's free on their website or could be included...that's a GUI and might be easier to figure out.
I can't help with cdrecord, sorry.

I rip the audio CD with cdparanoia, then burn an audio CD with the resulting wav files.

mkdir /snd/newalbum
cd /snd/newalbum
cdparanoia -B "1-" ; eject
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=12 dev=0,0,0 *.wav ; eject

# CD burning copying ripping info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux
CD Writing HOWTO
Burning CDs on Linux
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/foo.iso
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> -isosize /dev/cdrom
# ISO information
isoinfo -i -d /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
# cdparanoia - search for a drive with reporting of autosense:
cdparanoia -vsQ
# Rip a complete audio CD with cdparanoia
cdparanoia -B "1-"
Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO
# Convert mp3 to wav with lame
for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done
# Burn a CD from wav files
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast