Subject: How do I use cdrecord with BSD/OS?
Date: 03/07/00

The cdrecord program is standard with BSD/OS 4.1, however, there are a few tricks to using it.

The biggest issue is the device name. Assuming your CDR device is sr0, the device you want to use with BSD/OS is /dev/rsr0a:@,0.

At this point everything is easy. To write an image to the disk (i.e., the image is already an ISO9660 filesystem) you simply say: 


	cdrecord -v dev=/dev/rsr0a:@,0 image-file
To test to make sure the write will work add the -dummy flag: 

	cdrecord -dummy -v dev=/dev/rsr0a:@,0 image-file
To turn a directory into an ISO9660 filesystem and write it: 

	mkisofs -R root-directory | cdrecord -v dev=/dev/rsr0a:@,0 -
You can also create the directory /etc/default and place in it a file namde cdrecord. In this file you can say something like: 
	CDR_DEVICE=/dev/rsr0a:@,0
	CDR_SPEED=4
Of course, read the manual page!