Help needed mounting a DVD-R

[simcon]

Hi

 

I can't seem to get DVD-R media to mount in my drive. I can get normal magazine coverdisk DVDs to mount fine though. I rebooted into WinXP and it was fine so I guess my Mandrake 9 doesn't know what file system type it is!

 

Here is what happens when I try to mount it manually in the console:-

 

[simcon@localhost simcon]$ mount /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc: No such file or directory

mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified

 

Here is the contents of my /etc/fstab:-

 

[simcon@localhost simcon]$ cat /etc/fstab

/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto codepage=850,sync,unhide,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0

/dev/hda5 /mnt/windowsg vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0

 

This is what hdparm says:-

 

[root@localhost simcon]# hdparm -i /dev/hdc

 

/dev/hdc:

 

Model=HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B, FwRev=0101, SerialNo=

Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }

RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0

BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0

(maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0

IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}

PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4

DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2

UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2

AdvancedPM=no

 

BTW I did recently put in a new DVD/CD drive as I messed up the previous one. I replaced the original LG-GDR8160x with a new LG-GDR8161B. If I put in a new drive do I need to do anything manually to set it up or does Mandrake automatically do it? It does work anyway.

 

Help :)

 

Cheers,

simcon

[Pzatch]

I'm talking off the top of my head here since I don't have a dvd drive yet but shouldn't the drive be listed as a scsi device instead of a hard drive?

 

/dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

 

shouldn't it say something like:

/dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

 

or something like that.

 

Someone correct me I'm sure I'm wrong.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

It only needs scsi-emulation if it is a burner or you want to use it as the reader for certain cdburning programs.

 

Maybe your DVD ROM just doesn't read DVD-Rs. Have you checked the specs on the DVD ROM?

[Pzatch]

Thanks Steve after you said it I now remember hearing about the scsi writing thing. your probably right about his DVD-R problem also.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

There are so many standards for DVD media now -R, +R, -RW, +RW, RAM...that you never know what reader is going to support what media. Also, it may depend on how the media was burned...e.g. his reader may not handle multi-session CDs/DVDs. Linux is iffy about multisession anyway.

[simcon]

Maybe your DVD ROM just doesn't read DVD-Rs. Have you checked the specs on the DVD ROM?

I stated in my original post above that I rebooted into WinXP [dual boot] and it worked so therefore it has to be a Mandrake problem and not a disk drive problem.

 

I am still using Mandrake 9 and I don't think DVD-Rs were around then, so maybe I should upgrade.

 

Cheers.