[Gllug] Re: CD-Writer not detected

[Mark Williams]

Emon wrote:

>  
>
>>ben at debian$ grep cdrw /etc/fstab 
>>/dev/hdc       /cdrw           iso9660 ro,user,noauto          0 0
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks
>
>One question though, shouldn't it be 'rw' instead of 'ro' in the
>4th field, cause it's a WRITER not just a ROM??
>
>Please let me know if my understanding is correct.
>
>Emon
>  
>
No, because you aren't writing to it as a normal drive, this is handled 
differently in the software.

There is a system (UDF) which does work this way, if you have a 
compatible drive; I used to, in my pre-Linux days; it tried very hard to 
trash a colleague's system so I gave up on it - though I can still read 
the old CD's in Linux so I guess it works...

Under an iso9660 mount, it's RO.

Mark
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug