Ok so I have a FAT32 partition on my current harddrive as well as an External DVD-RW. And I cannot mount or see them in Linux. So can anyone help me figure out why they do not appear? They appear on my hwbrowser but I cannot mount them so I can use them.

I have added my FAT32 to my /etc/fstab file and when Fedora boots up fedora says that it cannot find the drive. Here are the contents of my fstab file.
As for my DVD burner the only thing I can tell you is that it is a /dev/scd0

In the fstab change fat32 to vfat. For the dvd-rw, what kind of disc are you trying to mount and how? From the commandline it would be something like

mount -t udf /dev/scd0 /mnt/dvdrw

dvd movies don't need to mount to watch.

Ok I will change that. As for my DVD I am trying to mount all forms of DVD media, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM.

I tried the above command to mount my DVD-RAM drive and this is what I got

Neko

If you are running FC5 (I think I remember that) the standard mount pt is in /media .

The second point entry (/mnt/dvdrw in example) is just the name of a directory. You can call it whatever you like.

DVD-Ram mounts a little differently I think (different file system)


Lazlow

Ok after much typing and playing around I almost managed to get my DVD-RW to get on my file system. Whenever I try and mount my DVD-RW I always get this error

mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so


And nothing is mounted. So then I try to mount the DVD-RW under the file system NTFS, as listed in man 8 mount. And FC5 says that NTFS is an unknown file system. I just want to watch the stuff on my DVD-R's on FC5. How do I get them to appear. I burned all the DVD-R's on windows.

Neko

The Dvd-ram thing I mention would only show up when you put in a Dvd-ram disk(media) (not any of the other formats).

Are you trying to mount blank media (bad idea). If so try a disk with something on it (like the install disk).

Lazlow

Ok, on the partition not showing up. When you look at hardware browser, how is that partition shown? Should be like /dev/hda2 or something close. Whatever it show up as is the first entry in fstab.

Is the DVD a usb device? If it is FC lists them as /dev/sdX (X=then device usually "a" as in sda).

Lazlow

Create the mount point for your DVD Drive

mkdir /media/dvd

Add the DVD Drive to your /etc/fstab file
Put a regular data CD in the drive and mount it to test..

mount /dev/scd

Blank media can be used in conjunction with an app like K3B

Is that a SATA DVD Drive ? interesting..

Ok after much typing and playing around I almost managed to get my DVD-RW to get on my file system. Whenever I try and mount my DVD-RW I always get this error

mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so


And nothing is mounted. So then I try to mount the DVD-RW under the file system NTFS, as listed in man 8 mount. And FC5 says that NTFS is an unknown file system. I just want to watch the stuff on my DVD-R's on FC5. How do I get them to appear. I burned all the DVD-R's on windows.

Farslayer:
I will try that as well thanks.

Ok thanks to you guys I am almost done with this problem. So I get the DVD drive to be mounted. But there is one catch, there has to be media in it. So my question is how do I get the DVD drive to mount reguardless of whether or not there is media in it?

The drive will only mount when it has Media (with data) in it..

you do NOT moount
Music CD's
Movie DVD's
Blank CD media
Blank DVD Media

Blank media will be written to when it is in the device and not mounted..
Music and movies will be played back from the device without being mounted

Ok, well I have a lot of Data DVDs and CDs out there, dvds with fansubs on them, do I need to mount to get those to work?

Data DVD/cd yes.
Fansubs, if they will play in a regular standalone dvd player then no.

Ha ha alright then. Thanks.

So lets say that I am going on a marathon and I get through all 20-26 episodes of anime on my DVD-RW. How would I get the DVD-RW to eject the DVD-R? Because I push the Eject button but nothing happens.

Use the eject utility or unmount the disc first and then press the eject button. When the disc is mount or in use, you can not press the eject button although when using automounters like dbus or supermount, pressing the eject button will work.

In order to mount a FAT32 partition, use vfat as the file system. It is not fat32.