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Old 03-02-2002, 02:45 AM   #1
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sorry, solved, don't read

Hi,

I am currently learning to burn cds under linux. MAny sites tell me to check if cdwriter is configured by typing 'cdrecord -scanbus', but everytime i run it it says that the command is not found. Any ideas?
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Old 03-02-2002, 03:16 AM   #2
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OOps sorry, i forgot to download a the software. I thought cdrecord is an internal command.
 
Old 03-02-2002, 03:26 PM   #3
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You have to do "cdrecord -scanbus" as root.
 
  


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