/dev/scd0 refers to a SCSI device. You have to force SCSI emulation (hence that append statement in the lilo.conf) to get the burner to work, that is why you need the CR-RW drive pointing to scd0.

Forget it. I just fixed it. I changed the location of my cdrw from /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdd, and I can mount it. Now to test writing capabilities.

OK, cdrecorder (in dropline gnome) doesnt see my cdrw as being a cdrw drive. My only choices when burning is to burn to a .iso.

See my post at the top of this page.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

But what do I change my DVD drive to? I changed to hdc but I get an error.

Are you sure that the DVD drive is your secondary master? And you did use /dev/hdc, not just hdc, right? (just wanted to clarify)

woops never mind didnt see that? Sorry.

So you did use just hdc then? That would most definitely be an error

Now I get the followin error when trying to mount my cdrom:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
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 I get this error when I am trying to mount my cdrw:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
or too many mounted file systems

no, I used /dev/hdc. I forgot to link it to /dev/cdrom

link it to /dev/cdrom and reference THAT in the fstab. Make sure it is a SYMBOLIC link (ln -s, the -s is important) And check again to make sure that in your lilo.conf you have an entry similar to this:

image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda5 <---- whatever partition is mounted at "/"
label = Linux
append = "hdd=ide-scsi" <---- must be your cdrw drive, if secondary slave then hdd, if master hdc
read-only

Run lilo -v as root and reboot. It looks like you still have SCSI emulation set up for the wrong device. Either that or you have the master and slave mixed up. When the computer first boots up, you should see it checking for IDE drives, look closely to make sure that the CDRW is listed as secondary slave and not master.

When linux boots up? Or do I have to go into my bios config?

Also, in my lilo file this is what I have:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
boot = /dev/hda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt

OK, DVD works but not CDRW.

Also, the stuff in the linux boot up was too fast to read. It was only on screen for about .75 seconds.