Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use cdrecord on the command line. I'm currently reading the > relevant chapter in Carla Schroder's "Linux Cookbook". Unfortunately, > some of the tricks and hints included in the book don't seem to work the > same way on a standard CentOS 5 install. > > 1) Am I supposed to be root to use cdrecord and burn an .iso file?
I've found it works much better if you are root. > > 2) How do I specify a device? 'cdrecord -scanbus' doesn't seem to work. > Say my CD burner is /dev/hdc, would 'cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc' be the > correct way to address it? cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc -speed=24 -dao -pad file.iso (of course your options may vary) Note for SATA burners, /dev/scd0 is probably what you want. For PATA/ATAPI (what it sounds like you have) then /dev/hdc probably is best - I haven't burned an old ATA burner in a long time. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
