Burning CDs under Linux (2.6 kernel)

Burning CDs under Linux

Under kernel 2.6. ide-scsi device has been deprecated so doing cdrecord -scanbus no longer works. What does work is following. To scan the ATAPI bus do following

> cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a25 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J�g Schilling
scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
Warning: There may be fatal problems.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'SAMSUNG ' 'DVD-ROM SD-616T ' 'F302' Removable CD-ROM
        0,1,0     1) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-4804TE       ' '2.4C' 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) *

After you get the device number type

cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 -eject speed=4 whatever.iso

to burn the CD or altenatively

cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd speed=8 whatever.iso