Re: Burning CDs and DVDs on SATA drive in FreeBSD 9.0

On 08/12/2011, at 10:55, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I can't get cdrtools (cdrecord or readcd) to work on FreeBSD 9.0-RC2, and now I see RC3 is available.
> 
> I tried "options ATA_CAM" in kernel config, removing "device atapicam", but still 
> readcd -scanbus  or
> cdrecord -scanbus
> refuses to work, running as root.

Define "refuses to work"..

I have an oldish 9.0-CURRENT which works with cdrecord..
[titus 1:16] ~ >cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.00 (amd64-unknown-freebsd9.0) Copyright (C) 1995-2010 J?rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
scsibus1:
	1,0,0	100) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW  DVR-112D' '1.09' Removable CD-ROM
	1,1,0	101) *
	1,2,0	102) *
	1,3,0	103) *
	1,4,0	104) *
	1,5,0	105) *
	1,6,0	106) *
	1,7,0	107) *

I have a newer system but it doesn't have a DVD drive in it, however cdrecord does seem to work (it sees the AHCI connected disks)..
mdtest:~>cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.00 (amd64-unknown-freebsd9.0) Copyright (C) 1995-2010 J?rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
scsibus0:
	0,0,0	  0) '' '' '' NON CCS Disk
	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) *
mdtest:~>camcontrol devlist
<WDC WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 02.03B03>   at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ada0)

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