My Linux version...RedHat 9
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Hey!
I am trying to connect my Plextor USB CDRW drive. I haven't had any luck. Here is a brief list of what I have tryed....:

[root@localhost mnt]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IC25N020 Model: ATCS04-0 Rev: CA2O
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R PX-S88T Rev: 1.04
Type: CD-ROM

[root@localhost mnt]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrw
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@localhost mnt]#
[root@localhost mnt]# cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/iomega vfat defaults,noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
[root@localhost mnt]#


------ya it kinda sux right now. Here is the tail end of dmesg
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=08:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:05.2-1 address 10
hub.c: new USB device 00:05.2-1, assigned address 11
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 11
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1434
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1420
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1777
Device 08:00 not ready.
I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Device 08:01 not ready.
I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=08:01, iso_blknum=16, block=32
[root@localhost mnt]#

I am confused! What is the proper way to connect a USB cdrom?

Thanks in advance for the help guys!

I think sda is reserved for hard drives. I might be wrong, though since I don't use any true scsi devices. Try using the /dev/scd0 or /dev/sr0 devices instead.

Tryed it..... still no luck. My internal CD is mounted as /dev/scd0
I tryed all the other scd# but still no luck.... I'm pretty bummed just want to burn a CD!

Is it actually a SCSI device? It wouldn't happen to be an IDE device would it?

then try /dev/scd1.
But the best thing was to restart your computer and post the "dmesg" right after it.

Ok well I got it working!!! Turns out the USB module has the drive connected as /dev/scd0. I can play a cd from it (granted no sound). I can burn data to it too. I am assuming the reason I was unable to mount the drive to the filesystem is due to the lack of filesystem on the audio disk I had in the drive. I will try with a data disk later..... but I am hopefull



X-CD-Roast is working though!

Oh yeah you can't mount audio CDs. Nor can you mount blank CDs.