CD Burner Testing

Hmm to test a burner
NOTE: have fun

Soo you human enough to test RWs?


 * First off find a cdrw and a blank

try the store for those items most of the time


 * Plug in th RW into the IDE cable.


 * You should make sure the device is there
 * the software you will be using well help a lot

run cdrecord -sacanbus then hit enter. the output should look something like

guest@yoyo:~$ cdrecord -scanbus scsibus0: 0,0,0    0) 'IDE-CD  ' 'R/RW 4x4x24     ' '1.08' Removable CD-ROM        0,1,0     1) * 0,2,0    2) *        0,3,0     3) *        0,4,0     4) *        0,5,0     5) *        0,6,0     6) *        0,7,0     7) * what you are looking for is th "0,0,0" part


 * You got it good


 * now man cdrecord... Just kidding you really don't have to, but should.


 * type

cdrecord dev=0,0,0 /some/place/where/the/iso/is.iso


 * Then hit enter

Oh yeah you must be root!

but thats a whole nother store.
 * you should also check the md5sums