Cdrecord For Windows?

[shanenin]

I am trying to use cdrecord on windows. I am getting this device error. any suggestions would be appreciated

MSH> cdrecord dev=1,0,0 "C:\Documents and Settings\shane\Desktop\test2.iso"
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: No write mode specified.
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults.
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: '1'
devname: '1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: Invalid argument. Open by 'devname' not supported on this OS. Cannot open SCSI driver.
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
/cygdrive/c/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
MSH>

[Sir_Siddy]

Im just doin a wild but educated guess here but might it be driver problems?

[jcl]

Do dev=help and -scanbus produce anything interesting?

BTW, the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit (which, despite the name, supports WinXP) includes a command-line CD burning utility.

Edited September 8, 2005 by jcl

[shanenin]

I have tried numerous tranport layers

MSH> cdrecord dev=help
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Supported SCSI transports for this platform:

Transport name:         ASPI
Transport descr.:       Generic transport independent SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:     ASPI:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         ASPI:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         SPTI
Transport descr.:       Generic SCSI for Windows NT/2000/XP
Transp. layer ind.:     SPTI:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         SPTI:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         RSCSI
Transport descr.:       Remote SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:     REMOTE:
Target specifier:       rscsi@host:bus,target,lun
Target example:         REMOTE:rscsi@host:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

using the info above I have tried all of these devices:

dev=SPTI:1,0,0
dev=ASPI:1,0,0
dev=1,0,0               # I think this last one defaults to something    

for an example if i do this code

cdrecord dev=SPTI -scanbus

MSH> cdrecord dev=SPTI -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'SPTI'
devname: 'SPTI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'HDS72804' '0PLAT20         ' 'PF1O' Disk
        0,1,0     1) 'WDC WD60' '0BB-00CAA1      ' '17.0' Disk
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) *
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) HOST ADAPTOR
scsibus1:
        1,0,0   100) 'LITE-ON ' 'DVDRW SOHW-1693S' 'KS04' 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) HOST ADAPTOR

I found cdburn.exe(in the package you mentioned), I thought this would be a great windows alternative. The only drawback is it will not do multisession.

I want to make a script that will copy a database file to cdr(or dvd) every two hours. This database is only about 20 mb. This is for a business my wife works for. If I was able to do multisession, they could just change dvds(cdrs once a week) once a month. The dvd would hold all of the months backups.

Edited September 8, 2005 by shanenin

[shanenin]

I did a full install of cygwin, now it seems to be working. I have not tested any burns yet, but it is spinning the drive. It only works from a cygwin bash shell, I need it to run from a regular windows shell.