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From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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Subject: Re: how do I install cd and dvd burner
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On Monday 08 September 2003 05:21 am, Ralph wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm useing 5.1 and was wondering how in the world to get my cd and
> dvd burners to work? can someone plz explain this to me.

There's a whole chapter on this in the FreeBSD handbook. That's right, a 
whole chapter. Look at /usr/share/doc/handbook/creating-cds.html.

If you're creating data DVDs (as opposed to movies), then the procedure 
is just the same. Video DVDs are slightly different.

David