[BUGS] cdrecord doesn't

[Jerahmy Pocott]

On 28/01/2008, at 10:53 AM, Glenn wrote:

> Jerahmy
>
> the DVD burner is ATAPI.
>
>
> cdrecord -scanbus returns
>
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i386-unknown-freebsd6.2) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
> cdrecord: Error 0. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord
>
> I'm using the generic kernel

You can't use cdrecord with an ATAPI device, it is for SCSI only.

There is a device which will make the drive appear on a SCSI bus, as  
root:

kldload atapicam

Then use cdrecord -scanbus

Personally I prefer cdrecord, but burncd is quite fine too and you  
should be able to get that working..

Cheers,
Jerahmy.