cdrecord

[jjheuring <jjheuring@cts.com>]

Linux 2.2.19pre17-compact #1 Mon Apr 2 01:35:19 PDT 2001 i686 unknown
ide BTC cdrw

just did an 'apt-get install cdrecord'

as I understand I should not have to recompile my kernel or edit 
lilo.conf

I admit to not following the howtos very well(read lost) or the man pages.  As
root I'll run

# cdrecord -scanbus    ---returns
cdrecord: no such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.


I don't mean to cut off my homework short but where do I proceed from
here to diagnos this?   Thanks for any input.