I have created an mkisofs and verified it with "loop" so that part is fine. When I try to write to the CD I get the following: loran:~ # /media/cdrecorder -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -data /data1/cd_image bash: /media/cdrecorder: is a directory loran:~ # /cdrecorder -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -data /data1/cd_image bash: /cdrecorder: is a directory loran:~ # ls -l /cdrecorder lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 23 01:52 cdrecorder -> /media/cdrecorder loran:~ # ls -l /media/cdrecorder total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Sep 23 01:52 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 128 Sep 23 01:52 .. Then looked at /etc/fstab and tried to use /dev/cdrecoder and got the following: loran:~ # /dev/cdrecorder -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -data /data1/cd_image bash: /dev/cdrecorder: Permission denied loran:~ # ls -l /dev/cdrecorder lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Sep 23 01:52 /dev/cdrecorder -> /dev/sr0 loran:~ # ls -l /dev/sr0 brw------- 1 clay users 11, 0 Mar 23 2002 /dev/sr0 loran:~ # /dev/sr0 -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -data /data1/cd_image bash: /dev/sr0: Permission denied Does anyone have any suggestions? TIA Clayton Stapleton Scottsdale, Arizona