Check the speed and buffer memory size of your cd (re-)writer drive.
Check that the ide-scsi module is available for your kernel. If not, install a kernel that does have the module.
Check that you have a text editor (eg emacs) available from the command line, and the adduser package.
Install the packages cdrecord and mksisofs. Give any non-root users access to cdrecord and mkisofs by adding them to group src.
Set up SCSI emulation using modconf. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf file and run lilo.
Configure cdrecord and test it.
Set up a block device Configure /dev/cdrom if the cd (re-)writer is your only CDROM drive, or /dev/cdrw of it is an additional CDROM drive.
Make a test recording.
Optional: add a front end for X.