From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 20:56:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1651065726 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:56:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6765F8FC17 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:56:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 1367 invoked by uid 0); 21 Apr 2009 20:29:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (75.76.211.79) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 21 Apr 2009 20:29:25 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id 5F87B2842C; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:25 -0500 From: David Kelly To: Christopher Chambers Message-ID: <20090421202925.GA91415@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <1240343447.1032.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1240343447.1032.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD Burning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:56:08 -0000 On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:50:47PM -0700, Christopher Chambers wrote: > I have found that burning software is unable to detect my cdrom. *What* burning software? /usr/sbin/burncd should recognize the drive. If you are trying to run cdrecord then you need "device atapicam" added to your kernel config. Try "cdrecord -scanbus" to learn how cdrecord names your device. > I would assume that this is because acd0 is listed in fstab as > read-only. /etc/fstab is a File System Table used for mounting filesystems. You are a ways off just yet in having a filesystem on acd0 to mount. > I am just a little worried that changing it to rw might wreck a cd > (already burnt) one day. Since cp or mv to /cdrom won't work, I guess > my fear is unjustified hey? The OS doesn't know how to write/append an ISO 9660 filesystem so there would be no possibility of attempting an accidental write to CDROM. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.