Hi Alexander Dalloz , Wednesday, June 15, 2005, 3:03:20 PM, you wrote: > Am Mi, den 15.06.2005 schrieb centos at 911networks.com um 23:48: >> I have just installed 4.1 on a new Dell Latitude d610. It does >> not automount the CDs. When I mount the CD manually I get: >> >> $mount /media/cdrecorder >> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only > What do you try to mount? Because if not, it does not recognize that there is a CD in the drive. If I mount it, then I can read the CD. >> The CD writer is an Philips IDE: CDRW/DVD-ROM CDD5263 >> >> Here is my mtab: >> >> $ cat /etc/mtab >> >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0 >> none /proc proc rw 0 0 >> none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 >> none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 >> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 >> /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 >> none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 >> none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 >> /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder iso9660 >> ro,nosuid,nodev,user=froggy 0 0 > Looks good. >> How do I change /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder iso9660 ro to rw? > You can't. This is a misconception. > Use cdrecord or if you prefer a GUI use k3b for CD-R/CD-RW burning. I do and get the following message: Reload rewritable or blank media. Please replace the in-drive media by a rewritable or blank media I know that the CD-RW media is good, I have Centos 4 on another computer and it works properly there. -- Thanks