The reason you still get the message is because you still have rw in
the line, and they can only mount ro. I just changed rw to ro for both
my drives in /etc/fstab and as I alluded to before, that made the
informational message disappear.
I don't know where to get the documentation, but I can tell you this.
You
cannot write directly to a CD-RW or DVD+/-RW drive using
Linux, nor Windoze, for that matter. They must use some app to do
it - some software must
turn on the lasers Scotty!, or the job is
not going to get done.
Don't let this mount issue get you off track. For the purpose of looking
at a CD/DVD, just mount the thing. When you want to burn, you'll have to
use a program to accomplish that. It's either K3b or something else, K3b
being simply a frontend (IMO) for the real software which is actually doing
the burning. But note this: we didn't "mount" the devices in the 2.4.x and
prior kernels before burning, and you won't "mount" them to burn now.
Look at this output. I only post it so you can see the command, given properly:
Code:
mingdao@james:~$ mount /mnt/dvd
mingdao@james:~$ ls -alc /mnt/dvd
total 21
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 1970-01-01 07:00 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 240 2004-09-25 22:18 ../
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 56 2001-09-26 17:18 AUTORUN.INF*
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2003-09-26 14:27 AutoRun/
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10134 2000-03-09 18:34 CyberLink.ico*
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2003-09-26 14:26 MediaShow/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2003-09-26 14:23 PowerDVD/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2003-09-26 14:24 PowerDirector/
mingdao@james:~$ umount /mnt/dvd
mingdao@james:~$
mingdao@james:~$ mount /mnt/cdrw
mingdao@james:~$ ls -alc /mnt/cdrw
total 1714
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-16 10:32 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 240 2004-09-25 22:18 ../
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 671 2004-01-09 17:29 AUTORUN.INF*
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:10 Content/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 2004-01-15 10:10 CoverDesigner/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:11 EasyWrite\ Reader/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:11 InCD\ 4/
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12390 2003-03-13 01:27 NERO.ICO*
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:11 Nero\ BurnRights/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:11 Nero\ Media\ Player/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:12 Nero\ OEM/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:14 NeroVision\ Express\ 2\ SE/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:16 ODD\ Toolkit/
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2004-01-15 10:21 USB_RW_Driver/
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1716224 2003-09-19 21:54 setup.exe*
mingdao@james:~$ umount /mnt/cdrw
mingdao@james:~$
mingdao@james:~$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/sda2 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 <-- notice I have this commented out
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
###I added this from paul's fstab, in case it bombs we know why
#/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
#/dev/hdc6 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
#/dev/hdc1 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/hdc2 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/hdc3 /usr reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/hdc5 /var reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/hdc7 /tmp reiserfs defaults 1 2
#/dev/hdc8 /distro reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /XP ntfs user,umask=1000,ro,auto 1 0
/dev/hda2 /PROGRAMS ntfs user,umask=1000,ro,auto 1 0
/dev/hda3 /DATA vfat user,umask=1000,rw,auto 1 0
###added these for usb devices
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat user,umask=1000,rw,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 vfat user,umask=1000,rw,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /mnt/sdd1 vfat user,umask=1000,rw,noauto 0 0
No runs, drips, or errors! And they work with the little icons on the
desktop just as well. Right-click on the icon, select mount, then a little
green arrow appears on the bottom right of the icon. Click on the icon
and view the files with the Konqueror file browser. Close the browser,
right-click on the icon again, choose Unmount, and the arrow disappears.
Right-click on the icon again, choose eject, and the drawer pops open. I
can stick a disc in the drawer, close it, and just click on the icon and it
will open the file browser
and mount the device. If it doesn't seem
to unmount it the first time you click, click again. Mine do all manner of
strange things, but they will mount, read, unmount, eject, etc.
I don't know how much simpler it could be, but I still like Fluxbox and cli
lot's better. How did you create the icons on your desktop? This is how
I did it, and it's working here.
First I left-clicked on the little wrench icon on the toolbar,
then I selected Desktop
> Behavior and right-clicked that,
then I selected Device Icons and put a checkmark in
Mounted CD Writer, Mounted CD-ROM, Mounted DVD and
Unmounted CD Writer, Unmounted CD-ROM, Unmounted DVD.
You might ask, "Why did you choose 'Mounted CD-ROM and Unmounted
CD-ROM
also, when the other choices are correct for the devices?"
The answer: because the icons didn't show up with only CD Writer and
DVD selected. They only showed up
after I selected CD-ROM too.
Now, do you see why I prefer the cli? I call this a bug - KDE probably
calls it a "feature." Either way, it's incorrect, illogical, and impractical.
Which is my opinion of guis. But, I'm trying to help you and your family.
NB: Don't forget you also need to make your regular DVD mount as a
drive (/dev/hdb) and not as a symlink (/dev/cdrom). In /etc/fstab if I were
you, I would change this
Code:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ iso9660 noauto,user,rw 0 0
to this
Code:
/dev/hdb /mnt/dvdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
Maybe even make your SONY DVD-ROM mount to /dev/dvd and your
PIONEER DVD-RW mount to /dev/dvdrw just because IMO that's logical.
Okay, hope this gets you on the right path.