[instigator]

Linux boards seem to be full of threads dealing with the self-compilation of the kernel to enable CD burning. Now, being a Unix nobody, this is all Greek to me.
Could someone (who speaks 'nix) take a boo and see if any of this is applicable to our beloved new OS?

...Of course, this is probably what Apple is doing as we speak...

This may be a good place to start: http://www.jasondixon.net/CD-RW_howto.html

[JeffZPgh]

I've been wondering about this for a while. I'm not sure whether recompiling the kernel would be necessary. I just want to know whether generic SCSI emulation for IDE devices is already present in the Darwin 1.3 kernel (I'd heard it was in the PB). If so, then it's just a matter of compiling cdrecord and mkisofs and away we go.

I don't own a cdrw drive for my iMac yet, so I can't just try it - and I'm hesitant to go buy a drive until I see that a particular model will be clearly supported.

Jeff

[Angus_D]

Mac OS X's kernel (xnu) has been engineered in such a way that you shouldn't ever really need to recompile the kernel. You can dynamically load and unload kernel extensions whenever you wish. You can recompile your kernel if you really want, but it's probably more hassle than it's worth. Just wait for someone to bring out cd burning support. Apple is working on their own support, and I'm sure Roxio has demonstrated OS X-ized versions of Toast before, so that's in the pipeline too.

I'm not sure if cdrecord would work or not, due to underlying differences in the way hardware is accessed.