Here's a patch to /etc/default/cdrecord giving more universal defaults (new installs come with a /dev/cdrom link if applicable, right?) - some users still might need to tweak it, but I suspect it will work for more overall. As long as your CD recorder is detected properly and it gets seen before any plain CD-ROMs, this should work.
I also commented out the example entries, as they aren't used by default now. Zack
--- cdrecord.orig 2005-01-31 18:19:04.259914744 -0500 +++ cdrecord 2005-01-31 18:22:10.789557928 -0500 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # # The default device, if not specified elswhere # -CDR_DEVICE=yamaha +CDR_DEVICE=cdrom # # The default speed, if not specified elswhere @@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ # # drive name device speed fifosize driveropts # -teac= 1,3,0 -1 -1 "" -panasonic= 1,4,0 -1 -1 "" -plextor= 1,4,0 -1 -1 "" -sanyo= 1,4,0 -1 -1 burnfree -yamaha= 1,5,0 -1 -1 "" -cdrom= 0,6,0 2 1m "" +#teac= 1,3,0 -1 -1 "" +#panasonic= 1,4,0 -1 -1 "" +#plextor= 1,4,0 -1 -1 "" +#sanyo= 1,4,0 -1 -1 burnfree +#yamaha= 1,5,0 -1 -1 "" +#cdrom= 0,6,0 2 1m "" +cdrom= /dev/cdrom -1 -1 burnfree
