Thanks for all your efforts. I think I have not been very clear in my wailing.. First, I did not mean to say that my CDRW was a cdrom. I only meant to say that I could not even find a way of accessing the date on a regular CD inserted into my CDRW (which I could do under W2k before I removed all MS products from my laptop).
Also, when I look into the contents of the file devices in /proc/bus/usb I find the follwing:
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T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S: SerialNumber=1060
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=03f0 ProdID=0107 Rev= 2.00
S: Manufacturer=Shuttle Technology Inc.
S: Product=HP USB CD-Writer Plus
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=32ms
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Now the line which says "S: Product=HP USB CD-Writer Plus" does seem to indicate that the kernel sees the device just fine. So does usbview.
When I look into my /dev directory I see a buntch of symbolic links with one pointing to ../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd (I am not sure if this fully answers your question.
Now I really have a strong feeling that supermount is not to blame. Could it be that there is no driver/module available for my combination of CDRW and USB port? Look at what lsmod gives me:
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Module Size Used by Tainted: P
lp 6720 0 (unused)
parport_pc 21672 1
parport 23936 1 [lp parport_pc]
ppp_deflate 41024 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp 4344 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 7456 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 20064 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 5072 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
sg 31276 0 (autoclean) (unused)
msdos 5364 0 (autoclean)
vfat 9588 0 (autoclean)
fat 31864 0 (autoclean) [msdos vfat]
isofs 25652 0 (autoclean)
inflate_fs 17892 0 (autoclean) [isofs]
udf 85472 0 (autoclean)
lt_serial 19732 3 (autoclean)
lt_modem 479739 0 (autoclean) [lt_serial]
ide-cd 28712 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 26848 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
floppy 49340 0 (autoclean)
binfmt_misc 5696 1
maestro 27976 0
soundcore 3780 0 [maestro]
nfsd 66576 8 (autoclean)
lockd 46480 1 (autoclean) [nfsd]
sunrpc 60188 1 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
ds 6828 2
yenta_socket 9728 2
pcmcia_core 42272 0 [ds yenta_socket]
af_packet 13000 0 (autoclean)
ip_vs 74328 0 (autoclean)
supermount 14340 2 (autoclean)
usb-storage 51952 0
scsi_mod 90372 2 [sg usb-storage]
usb-uhci 21676 0 (unused)
usbcore 58304 1 [usb-storage usb-uhci]
rtc 6560 0 (autoclean)
ext3 74004 2
jbd 38452 2 [ext3]
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Could it be that the lines " usb-storage 51952 0" and the four next lines point to a missing module to handle this device?!
Heeeeeeeeeelp!!!!
Andrei
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From this, I think I have been misunderstanding - this device is your second
cdrom? You already have an ide cd reader? If so, we need to think again.
Your log files suggest to me that it is mounting the usb device. Can you
look at /dev and list any entries that you find starting with cdrom or scd?
Once we have identified just how it is being seen, we will be able to sort out
the mount problem.
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