"David M. Kufta" wrote: > > I have installed 7.2 on a system and after install adde a CDRW ide/atapi > drive. I configured the drive as described at MUO website and when I mount > the drive with the command mount -t auto /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom it will only > mount the cd read only. I have no clue why it is mounting in read only. > I would appreciate any suggestions and possible fixes. My goodness! Here is ignorance! There is nothing to fix. The ide/ATAPI interface is to the reader portion of the device only. To use this you must mount the medium, a CDROM. This is all supported by the kernel and the operating system and other users can share access in the usual controlled manner. The writer side of the device has NO support in the kernel or in the operating system. The same is true in Windows, BTW. The driver to write CDs is contained within the cdrecord application (see man cdrecord). To write a CD, the medium must be placed in the drive, but must NOT be mounted, since this is a dedicated physical operation on the CD blank. Physical operations on devices are done without mounting, see e2fsck, dd, cdrecord, etc. You must also be su'd to be superuser 'root'. This is a Linux convention since these operations must be protected from visibility, direct or indirect, by, or distubance of, any of the possibly many users also logged on, for example on a server. They are very specific dedicated non-sharable operations. These things are done 'underneath' the operating system. If your server specification requires this level of ability (alternative?), then Windows would not be a candidate. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
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