Subject: Re: Command to burn an ISO file to a CDR?
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/12/2007 17:15:51
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:06:35 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com> wrote:

> Install
> 
>   sysutils/cdrtools-ossdvd
> 
> Then you may need to use 'cdrecord -scanbus' and set CDR_DEVICE in
> /usr/pkg/etc/cdrecord.conf.
> I have 
> 
> CDR_DEVICE=15,0,0
> CDR_SPEED=32
> 
> which is likely right for an ATAPI burner on i386.
> 

I have

	CDR_DEVICE=/dev/rcd0d
	CDR_SPEED=52

which works well on my Dell desktop, and the device name is more
comprehensible to me.  (Speed is determined by both your drive and by
the type of disks you use.)


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb