you do not need to be root, the user you are usign need Admin on the box i
believe.

to respond to all your question:

to install cygwin - use winzip, it'll open it, and stick it in a folder.
(like cygwin\cdrecord\ or something like that)

you will need to find the adaptec patch to ASPI to load the proper drivers
to talk to your IDE CDR device.

once you hvae that set, you will be able to run cdrecord -scanbus and get
proper output with the 3 digit on the left:

x,x,x) "blhablhab" 'xxxx' removable cdrom

or something like that

to burn, use

cdrecord dev=x,x,x speed=y blhablahblakdjfljsdf

where x,x,x is taken from the output of -scanbus
y is the speed at which you want to burn
bladhsdfh is the command line params you need to burn
(depending on what you are trying to do, those changes, but they are
obvious if you follow some docs like Marcus's webpage that has everything
and more for CDR burning...)

Jok

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Michael Robinson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:29:34 -0500
> From: Michael Robinson <sales@c-comp.com>
> To: Greg Gonnerman <greg_gonnerman@yahoo.com>
> Cc: port-dreamcast@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: CDRECORD w/ out SCSI
>
> When I try to burn a CD or type cdrecord -scanbus, CDRecord says "Can
> not load ASPI driver!  Permission denied.  Can not open SCSI driver."  I
> think the problem might be that I'm not root.  I know how to be become
> root in Linux but can't figure it out in Cygwin, I've tried su and root,
> neither of which works.  Do you know how to become root in Cygwin?
>
> Michael
>
> Greg Gonnerman wrote:
>
> >
> >It just occured to me that I've only been using cdrecord
> >for burning the audio track. If I remember correctly, I
> >had problems early on getting it to work for the data
> >track, so I switched to a free or demo burning application.
> >
> >It's been a while since I burned a CD, since I normally
> >just pipe applications over to the DC by way of the serial
> >connection or ethernet.  I'll check my notes and get back
> >to you with more info asap.
> >
> >
> >--- Michael Robinson <sales@c-comp.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>What parameters would I use to write it with IDE then?  Could you
> >>please
> >>send me a sample of what you would write at your command line to
> >>burn a
> >>disk with CDRecord.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Michael
> >>
> >>Greg Gonnerman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>It should work the same with IDE as with SCSI.
> >>>I use it all the time and I don't have SCSI either.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--- Michael Robinson <sales@c-comp.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Port-Dreamcast,
> >>>>
> >>>>My storage system is IDE not SCSI, how do I get CDRecord to work
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>on
> >>
> >>
> >>>>my
> >>>>system.  In the man pages it doesn't mention IDE at all.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Michael
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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