This works for Altrop (4.10.20), Mint (4.10.27) and Festival (4.10.11) and only for root (unless cdrecord is configured to install setuid), by default.
# cdrecord -v dev=1,1,0 speed=8 -isosize /dev/cdrom (Altrop) # cdrecord -v dev=0,1,0 speed=8 -isosize /dev/cdrom (Mint) # cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=16 -isosize /dev/cdrom (Festival)