On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 17:48 -0700, centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Alexander Dalloz , > > Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 3:03:20 PM, you wrote: > > > Am Mi, den 15.06.2005 schrieb centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx um 23:48: > > >> I have just installed 4.1 on a new Dell Latitude d610. It does > >> not automount the CDs. When I mount the CD manually I get: > >> > >> $mount /media/cdrecorder > >> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only > > > What do you try to mount? > > Because if not, it does not recognize that there is a CD in the > drive. If I mount it, then I can read the CD. > > > >> The CD writer is an Philips IDE: CDRW/DVD-ROM CDD5263 > >> > >> Here is my mtab: > >> > >> $ cat /etc/mtab > >> > >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0 > >> none /proc proc rw 0 0 > >> none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 > >> none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > >> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 > >> /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 > >> none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 > >> none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 > >> /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder iso9660 > >> ro,nosuid,nodev,user=froggy 0 0 > > > Looks good. > > >> How do I change /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder iso9660 ro to rw? > > > You can't. This is a misconception. > > > Use cdrecord or if you prefer a GUI use k3b for CD-R/CD-RW burning. > I do and get the following message: > > Reload rewritable or blank media. > Please replace the in-drive media by a rewritable or blank media > > I know that the CD-RW media is good, I have Centos 4 on another > computer and it works properly there. > You don't mount CD-RW's to write to them ... you use a special program like cdrecord or k3b to write to the CD-RWs. You use the program mkisofs to create ISO files and then cdrecord or k3b to write the ISO files You mount CDs to read them. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050616/984ebdb7/attachment.bin