At Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:49:03 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> 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? Yes and no. Depends on the permissions of the recording device's /dev/ file. Probably recomended that you run as root. This also allows for near real time scheduling. > > 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? > > Cheers, > > Niki > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/