cdrecord - was Re: dd anyone?

[Vaughn Treude]

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 11:38, der.hans wrote:
> Am 04. Oct, 2005 schwätzte Robert N. Eaton so:
> 
> > Not in the slightest. I'm using a new version of Ubuntu, and I'm
> > unfamiliar with the Gnome interface. I have yet to find the CD/DVD
> > Creator. I found part of it, but it doesn't coincide with the help
> > pages.  As soon as I locate the darned thing, I'll be better able to do
> > the .iso thing, a simple menu choice with Linspire.  In Ubuntu, not so
> > much.  I'll keep on looking and I'll be  able to answer your question.;-)
> 
> On my Ubuntu system I have:
> 
> Applications -> Accessories -> GnomeBaker CD/DVD Creator
> 
> I don't remember intentionally installing any CD burning stuff, so it
> might've been installed by default.
> 
> In GnomeBaker I chose the 'Burn CD Image' button at the top and then
> selected the ISO I wanted to burn.
> 
> I don't remember if I set up preferences or it auto-recognized things for
> me. What configuration I did was totally through the GUI. I think the only
> knowledge of this setup I had going in was that I had a CD burner and it
> was likely /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans

I've been also having a bit of trouble making CD's on my Ubuntu system. 
The CD burner GUI that came with it works fine except that I can't
figure out how to do an ISO with it.  Of course the cdrecord tool
doesn't work because it can't see the device.  I may have to get this
Gnome-Bake program.
Vaughn