Simple problem
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Simple problem
started by: MR.T
Posted by MR.T on Sep. 21 2005,22:21
Ok Im rather new to linux and this may be a simple thing but heres my problem:I have an old Gateway with a 10GB hdd, 400MHz CPU, 192MB of PC100ram,and 8MB integrated graphics card.I thought I would use this system as a mp3 jukebox and to do some writing on it.Being it is old and DSL looked like a excellent distro I installed it using a cdrom drive and cdr disk.
I then decided I would try out my new dvd burner on my main computer to burn all my mp3s to a dvdrw and transfer it to my new jukebox PC instead of burning a bunch of Cd's.I used a rewritable dvd at 4x speed and used graveman to burn it,I fast blanked it first and used data disk as the burning mode,I then replaced the cdrom in my jukebox PC with a 6x dvdrom.
When I put the dvd in I can not view the contents of the disk its just like there is no disk,I also tried a cdr data disk and I couldn't view that ether,however if I put a music cdr I can locate and play the songs via xmms just fine.I tried doing "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom" but that didn't do anything.
What is wrong?
?
Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Sep. 21 2005,22:37
It may be that your 6x DVD-Rom is too old to read DVDRWs. Slap the DVD-Rom into the same computer as the burner and try to use the ROM to view the DVDRW in that computer.Let us know if you can or cannot view them,
Posted by MR.T on Sep. 21 2005,22:44
Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention that can view it just fine on my main computer,which is running ubuntu.thanks for the help so far
Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Sep. 21 2005,22:58
Are you a SU when mounting the DVD-Rom? Try "sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom" or use the mount app in the slit (bottom right).
Posted by Ruthje on Sep. 21 2005,22:58
Do you get a error when doing "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom"?Maybe you can try inn emelfm.bind going to mnt/auto and then rightclick on cd-rom and click mount, maybe that will work?
Posted by MR.T on Sep. 21 2005,23:12
Yes I am in root when trying to mount.No I do not get an error while tryng to mound although when I enter the command terminal doesnt do anything...at all it doesnt say if mounting failed or that it worked, it doesent even rewrite the user name before the curser on the next line in terminal.
I think I found a clue when booting it says something like this:
lists a bunch of stuff,"auto configuring" etc. and then:
auto mounter started for floppy cdrom,
cloop: initializing cloop 2.01
mount: no medium found
unmount /cdrom: not mounted
and then more lines about mounting my hdd partitions.
does that help any?
Posted by MR.T on Sep. 21 2005,23:50
Ok I tryed mounting it again and just leaving my computer alone for a while.when I came pack I got the following message in terminal:mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write pertected,mounting read only
and then
mount:no medium found
I take it my dvdrom doesnt support dvdrw?