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Old 12-20-2004, 07:53 AM   #1
midgcool
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Using a USB CD-RW?


Hello

Well I searched the forum and couldnt find any matching problems!

Anyway, I plug in my USB CD-RW, some posts on the forum say that you don't need to mount a cd-rw with a blank disc inside, so I load up nautilus-cd-burner, and select the .iso to burn, however when I click wirte disc I cannot select my cd burner!

My cd burner has dissapeared?

Here are the results of mount from console..

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/hda2 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs (rw,uid=500)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
<Pc Name, thingy, not sure why I have edited it out>:(pid2821) on /net type nfs
(intr,rw,port=1023,timeo=8,retrans=110,indirect,map=/etc/amd.net)



So can anyone help me, this was working fine yesterday!

Im on Fedora Core 3 btw!

Im a linux noob so I need simple descriptions.

Cheers

Last edited by midgcool; 12-20-2004 at 07:56 AM.
 
Old 12-21-2004, 02:49 PM   #2
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Did you compile the driver for your burner yourself?

You want to ensure that the driver that runs your burner is loaded. (assuming it's not directly compiled into your kernel)

This could be for a number of reasons: check /etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modules.conf) and the "lsmod" command to see if its loaded.
You may need to run the "modprobe module_name" command yourself to start the driver. (i.e. insert it into the kernel during runtime).

When searching for answers, you'll want to look for things that have keywords like "driver" or "module" or "burner". That kinda thing.

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