Kieth Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 I have tried burning CDs in and out of root. No luck. As lxthusdan suggested, I disabled supermount. Now I can manually mount my cd-rom, but not my burner! I also tried it with only my burner on my IDE cable (I disconected my cd-rom from the IDE cable). Still no luck. I started KwikDisk (a mount/unmount program), and without a problem the cd-rom is mounted, but it refuses to mount the burner. When I try, the message it gives me is: called: mount/dev/scd0 mount: No medium found Therefore, it would seem that, even though KwikDisk opens and closes the door to my burner, it is not able to see any type of disk I put into it. Any suggestions on how to resolve this problem would be greatly (and I mean really greatly) appreciated. Thanks in advance, Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 I don't think you can mount a blank disk. Don't quote me on this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 That is correct. You must mount a cd with data on it, because you are actually mounting the data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted January 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 I had tried to mount my burner with a disk with data. No luck. It still states that there is no 'medium'. Just a curiosity question, bu I take it then that I should be able to burn a CD without mounting it first? If this is true, how do you burn a CD with supermount enabled? The fact that a CD, with or without data, is not recognised in my burner, could that be a BIOS problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 For clarification, has the cdrw ever worked in any system? No medium found means that linux sees a device, but it has nothing to report. A cd going out might act like this if the motor spins the disk, but the laser is not reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Just a curiosity question, bu I take it then that I should be able to burn a CD without mounting it first? If this is true, how do you burn a CD with supermount enabled? All supermount does is automatically mount a CD that has a mountable file system (ISO9660). If it has no file system (new, empty cd or audio cd), the system cannot mount it (with or without supermount). I have supermount enabled and I can still read, record, and rewrite CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Maybe the Slave/Master pins are not set properly? Having two cdrom devices on the same ide cable causes problems sometimes. One reading faster than the other confuses the IDE channel. Maybe you tried all this, I haven't read all the replys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted January 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Well, lxthusdan, you were right, my burner wasn't working. As soon as you posted your reply, I pulled my burner and took it to a computer store. After spending about $70, I now have a new burner (40x12x48). Also, I can now visualize cds I put into it, IF I disconect the IDE cable from my other cd-rom. That is, my computer does not see both my CD-Rom and my burner on the same IDE cable. I can read/use one or the other, but not both. Therefore I would presume I have to switch my burner and a harddrive so that both cd-roms are not on the same IDE cable. Since I tried it once (see above) and it did not work, could someone explain to me (in very simple terms) how I could switch them? Last time I did, I could not enter into Linux. Thanks, Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted January 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 I was able to get my computer to read both cd-roms. Actually, the man at the computer store did it! I had the pins set wrong. Anyway, the good news is: I BURNT MY FIRST CD IN LINUX!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your help!! Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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