There are many threads about this and in general was confused so if anyone could help me I would appreciate it. To start, I am trying to burn an iso, lets say default.iso. I have tested the output of the drive as follows.

[root@localhost josh]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schi
lling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@mandrakesoft.com>.
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this versio n.
scsidev: 'ATA'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) 'ATAPI ' 'CD-RW CW5205 ' '190C' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
[root@localhost josh]#

Is there a way that I can easily burn the image? What is the "badly designed ATAPI via/dev/hd" interface mean?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Josh

Hi, not sure about the "badly designed...." bit.

For some reason I find it easier to burn cds from a command line:

cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -data /path/to/file

from your post I think the dev part would be dev=0,1,0

I have to set speed=2 other wise cdrecord runs too fast for my cheapo cd-r's

HTH, mark

so if I have a 52x burner and 52x cds would my speed be 52?

for example

Ummm, dunno!

The first time I tried burning iso's I did not put any speed=x parameter and the iso's produced did not work.

My cd's are "Princo 2X-48X CD-R80" so after reading the man pages I set speed=2 and everything was fine. I am guessing if you have a high quality cd-r you could leave out speed=x and let cdrecord choose the write speed.

HTH

mark

ok thanks alot, going to test it.

Well, did it work ?

If you want your CD to be read by most CD drives (including those 2-3 yrs old driver), limit the speed .. 2x (speed=2) will surely work with most drives .. but if you know that your CD will be used only by your PC .. then just leave the speed alone .. it will try to write at the fastest speed your CD-R can take.