sloppyslacker Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 It seems I cannot mount data cd's or dvd's in my dvd burner as root or normal user. matthew@giskard:~$ dmesg | grep CDhdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drivehdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 This is how it is referred to in fstab. /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0 Trying to give you all the info you need. matthew@giskard:~$ ls -al /dev/cdromlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-02-14 13:01 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/sr0 matthew@giskard:~$ ls -al /dev/sr0brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 1999-04-13 00:24 /dev/sr0 If it matters, this is also in my lilo.conf append="hdc=ide-scsi" On a side note. Should the fstab entry not be /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,users 0 0 to mount as a normal user? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Your Slack fstab entry for the CD/DVD is identical to mine... mine functions fine.Here's my entry for Debian. You could try it... /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Hi SlackerTry this: # mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom Does that mount the drive ? BrunoPS: You should not mount the drive as user . . . . just do: # groupadd burning# usermod -G burning slacker That makes you part of the "burning" group and if you are part of the audio group as well you can burn and play CDs and DVDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Nope. root@giskard:/home/matthew# mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrommount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-onlymount: you must specify the filesystem type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 . . . . . . . Then try this: # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd# mount /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Me and my optical drives. /home/matthew# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvdln: creating symbolic link `/dev/dvd' to `/dev/hdc': File exists root@giskard:/home/matthew# mount /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrommount: /dev/dvd is not a valid block device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 . . . why does this thing not want to cooperate ? Okay a shot in the dark:# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/testcd# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrom That will give me time to go over the thread again and see if I missed something ;) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 I'm even trying to be a good kid and stay with Slackware. I never remember having so many problems with my optical drives before. root@giskard:/home/matthew# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/testcdroot@giskard:/home/matthew# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrommount: block device /dev/testcd is write-protected, mounting read-onlymount: you must specify the filesystem type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I think I have it: # rm /dev/testcd# ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/testcd# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrom Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 root@giskard:/home/matthew# rm /dev/testcdroot@giskard:/home/matthew# ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/testcdroot@giskard:/mnt/cdrom# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrommount: /dev/testcd is not a valid block device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Okay let us take hard action now:Remove the "append="hdc=ide-scsi"" from the lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo to write the new lilo to the MBR.Next reboot and do: # rm /dev/testcd# ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/testcd# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrom Maybe you can not us the DVD to write . . . but you should be able to read now. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hi Bruno, root@giskard:/home/matthew# rm /dev/testcdroot@giskard:/home/matthew# ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/testcdroot@giskard:/home/matthew# mount /dev/testcd /mnt/cdrommount: block device /dev/testcd is write-protected, mounting read-onlymount: you must specify the filesystem type Ya' know, I never had this problem until I started adding the append line for scsi emulation to lilo? Am starting to read some interesting stuff concerning scsi emulation in a cdrecord howto. Okay, I'm getting ready for work and shouldn't be reading right now. Will try to find the time tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ya' know, I never had this problem until I started adding the append line for scsi emulation to lilo? Well, you just removed that line . . . and apparently it is stil giving troubles . . . . . :'( Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) Well, you just removed that line . . . and apparently it is stil giving troubles . . . . . BrunoTrue, but where would the adventure be in something easy. For now, I may do a reinstall w/out the append line. This would give me time to do some heavy reading. Thank you for all your efforts, Bruno. Edited February 28, 2007 by sloppyslacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 NEW INFO!! Did a re-install without the append line hdc=ide -scsiTried to mount a dvd and found the same problems. I had always been trying to mount a dvd as that is what I backup to. For giggles I pulled out a random cd and mounted it successfully! Google, here I come........ After some much needed sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I had always been trying to mount a dvd as that is what I backup to. For giggles I pulled out a random cd and mounted it successfully! . . . . . . . . . Just to be sure Slacker . . . was the DVD you were trying to mount maybe a blank one ?? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Not blank. You can tell by looking at the business side of it. It, and two others are corrupted though. Just happens that two of those three are the ones I've been trying to mount. Fortunately I keep multiple backups.Sorry for the bother, Bruno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Sorry for the bother, Bruno. No problem at all Slacker . . . . I just thought that the only thing left looking at was the hardware Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloppyslacker Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 You were right, too. :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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