When burning a CD, always use the padsize=63s and -pad and -dao arguments to cdrecord, and never negate the default -pad argument to the mkisofs program. Also, never burn while using other disk or CPU intensive software unless your CD writer hardware and software are set to prevent buffer underflow (such protection is sometimes called "burn-free"). Be sure you burn at a speed at or below the lower of your CD writer's maximum speed and the CD media's maximum speed. If you're using a rewritable CD, you must use the "rewrite" speed values.

see cdda2wav on the manual page

wodim --devices;
wodim dev=/dev/scd0 driveropts=help -checkdrive;
wodim -prcap;
wodim dev=/dev/scd0 -atip;
wodim dev=/dev/scd0 driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed fs=14M speed=8 -dao -eject -overburn -v something.iso;
wodim dev=/dev/scd0 fs=14M speed=8 -dao -eject -overburn -v something.iso;
genisoimage -o myImage.iso -r -J -l directory;

mkisofs -r -J -l -d -joliet-long -allow-multidot -V Mp3_003 -o ./Mp3_003.iso _Archive/Mp3_003/*;
cdrecord -v -sao dev=/dev/dvd Mp3_003.iso;

AH of VanLUG recommends this page for tips on using dd to get an accurate image from an optical disk.

genisoimage -v -J -V "My Disk" -o CDWrite.iso CDWrite;
wodim -v CDWrite.iso;
sudo mount -v -o loop -t iso9660 CDWrite.iso /mnt;

cdrkit is a suite of applications, as the FAQ states:

* genisoimage: Generate ISO IMAGEs
* icedax: InCrEdible Audio eXtractor
* librols: LIB Remains Of LibSchily
* libusal: LIB Unified/Universal Scsi Access Layer
* netscsid: NET SCSI Daemon
* readom: READ Optical Media (see also wodim)
* wodim:

wodim -inq;
wodim -prcap;
wodim --devices;
wodim -scanbus;
wodim -v -sao file.iso;
wodim -v -data file.iso;
wodim -v dev=/dev/cd0 file.iso;