Re: CD-RW support
Glenn Becker wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make use of the second CD drive (CD-RW) in my Dell Dimension
> XPS T700r. Here is what I added to my /etc/fstab file:
>
> /dev/cdrom2 /cdrom2 iso9660 defaults,rw,user,noauto 0 0
>
> This lets me *access* the drive ok, but when I try to mount it I get the
> familiar
>
> mount: block device /dev/cdrom2 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom2,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> I'm assuming the second line is because the CD-RW disc I put in is
> formatted [incorrectly]; however, what do I do to change the
> write-protection of the device?
>
> Thank you for any help,
>
> Glenn
Just leave it that way. Linux must see it as a read-only filesystem,
because it can't write to a CDR at kernel level. You should use a
special program like cdrecord, which doesn't care of this setting in
anyway, because it recognizes the CDR at application level.
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