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. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
