Why isn't my CDRW auto mounting?

CodeWarrior · 05-28-2003, 06:00 PM

I have my CDRW being sensed as a SCSI device and I can mount it manually just fine, but it doesn't auto mount.

My CDRW used to be hdd but now it is scd0. Therfore I have this in my /etc/fstab file

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 auto,ro 0 0

contrasutra · 05-28-2003, 06:33 PM

I dont think you can mount it automatically. Its a removable drive.

If you are use to Mandrake doing that, thats SUPERMOUNT, which doesnt really work in Slackware.

CodeWarrior · 05-28-2003, 09:02 PM

That sucks, oh well not a big deal. But let me ask you this. Is it correct to mount the drive as ro even though it is a CDRW? Would mounting it as ro prevent me from creating and burning ISOs to this drive?

contrasutra · 05-28-2003, 09:10 PM

Yes, its right to mount it as RO. You arent constantly writing to it normally, so it doesnt need write support. You need a 3rd party program.