Re: [expert] Going Crazy over IDE CD-writer

[Ron Stodden]

Ron Johnson wrote:

> Question, though: why is /dev/sr0 mounted ro, even though it
> is a CD-RW?

Because there is NO kernel support (yet?) for writing to CDROM
devices - only reading is supported, hence the r in sr0 (scsi read
zero).

For CD writing software the kernel is bypassed and the cdwriter
software contains its own hardware drivers and interfaces directly to
the CD-R or CD-RW device, which should NOT be mounted at the time.  I
would NOT attempt to concurrently read and write a CD-R or CD-RW.

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Regards,

Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.