I've been wondering about this as well.
Do MakeCD or BurnIt support IDE CD-Writers? (Via a Elbox 4xEIDE interface). The docs for the Aminet demo of MakeCD seems to assume that SCSI is the only option for Amiga.
Though I'm planning to upgrade eventually,is a 030/50 A1200 enough to run one? I need a new method of HDBackup now that my Zip Drive has died.