james@james-lptp:~$ cdrecord dev=help
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Joerg Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord
      and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
      Please send bug reports and support requests to <cdrtools@packages.debian.org>.
      The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version.

cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.17-10-generic
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
Supported SCSI transports for this platform:

Transport name:         sg
Transport descr.:       Generic transport independent SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         pg
Transport descr.:       SCSI transport for ATAPI over Parallel Port
Transp. layer ind.:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         ATA
Transport descr.:       ATA Packet specific SCSI transport
Transp. layer ind.:     ATAPI:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         ATAPI:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         ATA
Transport descr.:       ATA Packet specific SCSI transport using sg interface
Transp. layer ind.:     ATA:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         RSCSI
Transport descr.:       Remote SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:     REMOTE:
Target specifier:       rscsi@host:bus,target,lun
Target example:         REMOTE:rscsi@host:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported