[ubuntu-za] DVD+RW-FORMAT

[Charl Pretorius]

Oops yes maybe I should have done the explanation thingie as well. Sorry :-p

Regards,
Charl


2009/8/31 Jonathan Hitchcock <jonathan.hitchcock at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:45 AM, vincent<bullet at ballmail.co.za> wrote:
> > The disk in question is a dvd+R & dvd+rw keeps saying it's unable to open
> > ("/media/cdrom0") :Block device required.
> >
> > What is the Block Device needed, or am I using an incorrect path, because
> this
> > is where the dvd is?
>
> The block device is the actual *device*, the DVD itself, not the place
> where it is mounted.  In Linux (and Unix), everything is a file.  So
> if you want to access the mouse, you read/write to the
> /dev/input/mouse0 file.  This way, you can use the standard
> open/close/read/write commands that you use for normal files, to
> access devices.  Very clever.
>
> Anyway, when you mount a DVD, you mount it on a directory on your
> filesystem.  So, the DVD is on /dev/cdrom, and you mount this on
> /media/cdrom0.  Your dvd+rw tool wants the actual device, so as Charl
> says, try /dev/dvd or /dev/cdrom.
>
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