If you've already done 'emerge cdrtools' you should be able to type 'cdrecord -scanbus' to see the device name that cdrecord will give your device. For example, mine shows up as 0,0,0 so I would use this command to burn data.iso
cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 -v -eject -data data.iso +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Byron Clark | GnuPG Fingerprint: 0365 6979 6C3E BC0C 56C0 | | | FB7F 12B3 75DD 042B EA68 | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:43:51AM -0700, Jeremy wrote: > Yes, I'm familiar with the gentoo docs, however nothing they have > addresses my problem. I haven't been successful at finding anything on > the forums either, as this is not necessarily a problem, but a lack of > understanding. Every other document out their for installing a cd > burner doesn't apply. > > My question is how the devices work under gentoo. I have very few > devices listed in /dev. I have the sr* that I appear to need for the > cdburner, but I only have one cdrom device, and it is a symlink to a > location I'm not familiar with. I"m more familiar with redhat's dev > system. > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 07:30, David Smith wrote: > > <quote who="Jeremy"> > > > Anyone know of good documentation to configuring devices under gentoo. > > > I have a cd burner that I need to setup. > > > > The fact that you've installed Gentoo means you are no doubt familiar at > > least with their install documentaion, and probably familiar with the > > other quality docs on their site. In addition, I would recommend > > http://forums.gentoo.org/ if your device seems weird. Also, what kind of > > burner is it? Is it IDE, SCSI, USB? You should probably search Gentoo docs > > for installing devices of one of those types. If that doesn't yield > > anything, try searching the brand/model of the burner itself. > > > > --Dave > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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