Alan Horn <ahorn@inktomi.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a need to get a cd writer working on a system. In my posession I
> have an Acer CRW8432IA 8x4x32 writer.

I think this is an EIDE/ATAPI drive...

>
> I'm using the latest cdrecord that is in pkgsrc, and I have also tried
> xcdroast, under ths assumption that I'm screwing up the command line and
> the GUI will at least do The Right Thing.
>
> So far I have been unable to write a disk, although the unit writes disks
> perfectly well in windows, and I have been able to read and mount disks
> perfectly well from it under netbsd.

What is the command line you are using?
What error do you get?

>
> I am running netbsd 1.5 release, with the latest kernel syssrc.tar.gz, on
> i386.
>
> Any help or experiences recounted gratefully received.

Cdrecord works fine for me with ATAPI drives since version 1.3.something
of NetBSD.  I have not yet tried with 1.5.

Federico