how do you get your cd-writer to read?

rkelsen · 11-17-2005, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeebizz
now when I try to mount a cd to read I get this...

Code:

slackuser@slacker:~$ mount /dev/hdd mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

and this is my fstab...

Code:

.. /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0 .. /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdburner iso9660 noauto,users,rw 0 0

So how many CD drives do you have? If the burner is your only drive you'll need to mount discs using:

Code:

# mount /mnt/cdburner

You should really change the 'rw' on that line in your fstab to 'ro' since it'll only mount discs read-only anyway.

Some advice: To burn a disc, you don't need to mount it. The entry in your fstab is not referred to by any burning software. It is only used for mounting discs. Since you're using ide-scsi, you can get rid of the line which starts with /dev/hdd in your fstab.

HTH.

P.S. As previously suggested, you should probably read the CD writing HOWTO. It'll be under /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTO. It may refer to burning from the CLI, but will give you some good background.

Jeebizz · 11-17-2005, 07:35 PM

ok, well I took out the extra settings, and so now I just have one thing in my fstab..

Code:

/dev/hdd         /mnt/cdrw        iso9660     noauto,users,ro           0   0

but i still get an error when trying to mount a cd just to read..

Code:

root@slacker:/home/slackuser# mount /dev/hdd
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
       or too many mounted file systems
       (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
       ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)  
(I do have append="hdd=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf)

so I changed it again...

Code:

/dev/sr1        /mnt/cdrw         iso9660       noauto,users,ro        0  0

and now get this..

Code:

root@slacker:/home/slackuser# mount /dev/hdd
mount: can't find /dev/hdd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

So..I burned a cd successfully now with k3b, but I want to view the disc with the same drive, and I can't... thats my only issue...grr.

P.S

I checked the output from k3b, and found something interesting...

Code:

TDK CDRW8432 1.07 (/dev/sr0, /dev/sg1) at  [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM] [Error] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R]

whats with the [error] ?? even though k3b reported a succesful burn..

and the fact that under fstab, I have sr1 not sr0 or sg1.? oh, and I didn't find an option to finalize a cd...

rkelsen · 11-17-2005, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeebizz
whats with the [error] ?? even though k3b reported a succesful burn.. and the fact that under fstab, I have sr1 not sr0 or sg1.? oh, and I didn't find an option to finalize a cd...

Read my previous post again. You did the exact opposite of what I told you.

Now that you're using ide-scsi, you can't use /dev/hdd any more. It won't work.

If you alter your /etc/fstab as per my previous instructions, you'll be able to use

Code:

mount /mnt/cdburner

or

Code:

mount /dev/sr0

The finalise option is there in K3B. I'm at work ATM, so I can't tell you exactly where, but it is there.

Jeebizz · 11-17-2005, 10:16 PM

SCORE!!! , mount /dev/sr0 works.. , since I fixed everything the way it should have been, due to my own incompetence, thanx for your patience

Code:

slackuser@slacker:~$ mount
/dev/hda2 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /ntfs type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)
/dev/hda4 on /fat32 type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
//minamoto/files on /mnt/network type smbfs (0)
/dev/sr0 on /mnt/cdrw type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
slackuser@slacker:~$ ls /mnt/cdrw
ANNOUNCE.10_0      COPYRIGHT.TXT      GPG-KEY           SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT  kernels/
BOOTING.TXT        CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT  PACKAGES.TXT      Slackware-HOWTO    rootdisks/
CHECKSUMS.md5      ChangeLog.txt      README.TXT        UPGRADE.TXT        slackware/
CHECKSUMS.md5.asc  FAQ.TXT            RELEASE_NOTES     bootdisks/
COPYING            FILELIST.TXT       SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT  isolinux/
slackuser@slacker:~$

now just finding out about cd finalization