[vox-tech] Burning CD's in Linux

[Robert G. Scofield]

I'm trying to get my CDRW to work under Linux.  I'm following some directions 
from the CD Write How To, and from another website.  I'm at the point where I 
am supposed to type "cdrecord -scanbus."  I get this error message when I do:

"cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI 
driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are 
root."

I do not have a /dev/pg, whatever that is.  Does anyone know what this error 
message means?

Also, isn't there an easier program one can use to burn CD's with?

Thank you.

Bob