At Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:39:06 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > 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 SATA devices should up as SCSI devices, so I would suspect that SCSI bus device specs would work also. > > 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 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/