libcdio utilities

There is discussion about Xfburn CD/DVD burner app unable to detect the drive:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=16759

Forum member earlgrey posted to use the 'cd-drive' utility to test that optical drive is accessible. That is in the 'libcdio-utils' package, so I have added that to be builtin in the next release of EasyOS.

I have tested xfburn on my Lenovo PC and get the same error message as tammi806 at startup. Other apps, such as 'audacious' work OK.

I installed libcdio-utils and ran cd-drive, and the drive is detected OK. I don't have a blank CD or DVD, as never use optical media; only have a few audio CDs. Plugged one in and ran 'cd-info' utility, and the audio CD was detected OK. Which I already knew anyway, as audacious audio player plays audio CDs OK.   

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