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chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 284

Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

Hi,all!

I need to be able to use my CDROM, so I can burn an image to rebuild my other (broken) box. I've put some lines in the /etc/fstab, but something isn't right. I've had a look at the wiki, but to no avail. Can anyone help?

/etc/fstab:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0

###Test
/dev/cdrom             /media/cd     iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/dvd               /media/dvd    udf       ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
###End Test

/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext4 defaults 0 1

dmesg | grep -i cd

scsi 0:0:1:0: CD-ROM            PLEXTOR  DVDR   PX-708A   1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0

Many thanks,

Chris.

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wudu

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 83

Re: Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

Hi,
you don't need entries in fstab for burning.
You need to bee in the optical group to burn as user.
Which program(s) have you tried to burn with?

chris_debian

Member

From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 284

Re: Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

Hi, wudu.

I have xfburn installed and it 'sees' my CDROM, but I can't burn, so it may be a permissions problem. I guess I need to add my user (me) into the optical group.

Would that be?

groupadd chris optical

Cheers,

Chris.

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hcjl

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From: berlin

Registered: 2007-06-29

Posts: 330

Re: Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

try

sudo gpasswd -a chris optical

and don't forget to log out / in.

Last edited by hcjl (2011-02-25 13:19:06)

chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 284

Re: Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

Hmm, unfortunately I get:

 No burners are currently available, perhaps the disk is in use

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defears

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Registered: 2010-07-26

Posts: 218

Re: Can't Set-up my CDROM Drive for Burning.

Try this

/dev/sr0               /media/dvd    auto       rw,user,noauto,unhide   0      0

I have a sata dvd burner that will not burn anything right without this.