Plextor Px-716A DVDRW Installation
 

Hello.

I've just gotten a new Plextor DVDRW and I want to install it on my Slack box.
I've currently got a CDRW installed on it, that will be removed and replaced with this plextor.

The problem is, my attempts to install it have failed. Hardware-wise, the BIOS detects it.
However, my changes to /etc/fstab seem to be ignored.

This is what I've tried (I don't know if this is correct since I can't find an online how-to for replacing a CDRW with a DVDRW).

1) mkdir /mnt/dvdrw

2) edit /etc/fstab replacing
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,rw 0 0
with
/dev/dvdrw /mnt/dvdrw iso9660 noauto,owner,rw 0 0

3) remove symbolic link /dev/cdrom->/dev/sr0

4) create new link: ln -s /dev/sr0 dvdrw

5) Shutdown machine and physically install DVDRW in place of CDRW.

6) Reboot

The boot-up screen lists detection of the DVDRW, but:
-- 'cdrecord -scanbus' can't detect it
-- the symbolic link in /dev has disappeared
-- I can't eject the drive suggesting that something is wrong but I don't know what.


The DVDRW is a Plextor PX-716A IDE drive.
My signature describes my hardware.

I'm guessing I'm doing the installation wrong but I don't know how to fix this.

If any one has any suggestions I'd really appreciate them.

Thanks in advance.

Any one have any suggestions?

Are the steps I've taken correct? Wrong? Anything?

Please, any help is appreciated.

I have the same problem, except that i have the same model, but its SATA not an IDE .
I am running mandrake 10.1

You will need to change the line in /etc/fstab to:

/dev/sr0 /mnt/dvdrw iso9660 noauto,owner,rw 0 0

For some reason in Slackware udev removes the symbolic links to many optical drives. For my dvd on my laptop, the line in /etc/fstab looks like this:

/dev/hdc /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

Or you can also write a little script, and have it run after udev starts up during the startup process. It would be nice to see this resolved though.

Eric