[HLUG] CD-Writer not detected

[John Kneale]

To check that the CD writer is working without worrying about /etc/fstab
initially, you could just try mounting a CD first.

Say your CD writer is at /dev/hdd, ie slave on second IDE channel, and
/etc/fstab shows that the CD reader is mounted at /mnt/cdrom, then put a
data CD in the writer and do the following as root

    mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom
    ls /mnt/cdrom

If the writer hasn't been recognised the mount will fail. If everything is
OK you will see the contents of the CD listed. To unmount it do

    umount /mnt/cdrom

John Kneale