[wplug] how to burn ISOs in Pitt' s unix labs?

[Bill Moran]

Juan Zuluaga wrote:
> wplug, 
> We are in front of a RH9 machine at the Pitt computer
> labs, trying to burn some distro CDs. However,
> cdrecord complains: 
> 
> bash-2.05b$ cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
> 1995-2002 J?rg Schilling
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
> cdrecord: Permission denied. Cannot open '/dev/sg1'.
> Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord
> -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try
> 'cdrecord dev=help'.
> bash-2.05b$ 
> -----
> there is no xcdroast or koncd here. Any idea on how to
> burn cds in these labs? I could find the way in the XP
> machines either... 
> (please answer to my account -- your quick answer
> would be very appreciated, but my change from "digest"
> to "real time" on Wplug may not kick in yet...) 

You'll probably need to be root to burn CDs (unless the
admin has changed those defaults)

Additionally, cdrecord only works on SCSI burners, is
the burner in that machine a SCSI or ATA?

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com