[Jordster]

Hi guys,

I burnt an ISO to a DVD+RW, and trying to run it in Ubuntu. It cannot mount it because it has Write-Protection.

I burnt it using Nero 8 and did a Full-Erase, then burnt the Image onto it without finalizing.

How can I get it off to mount in Ubuntu?
Thanks in advance

[Elvandil]

Optical media are read-only. There has to be some other problem. Are you mounting it as a CD/DVD or as a drive?

[Jordster]

I think as a drive. Then that would mean that my DVD-RW drive has a problem with it - right. Note my hypothesis was a guess.

Infact - I'll tell you the error I get in linux when I try to open it.

"Mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected,
mounting read-only
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified"

That's the error it gives me when it cannot mount volume.

Hope this helps.
Thanks

[DoubleHelix]

I seriously doubt this is a hardware problem with the drive or a problem with the disk. I don't think Linux has the capability of reading from and writing to a DVD+/-RW disk it would to a hard drive or flash drive. I'm not aware that Windows has this capability either. Perhaps if you explain why you're trying to mount the disk as a hard drive, someone might be able to offer more applicable advice.

[Jordster]

I'm not trying to mount it as a drive - I;m trying to run the ISO on the DVD.

I tried to open it, and it comes up with a mounting option error.

I put the DVD in, and the error in my last post is what it says.

Then when I right click the DVD and choose mount in My Computer, it says opening the DVD, then says this error:

"UNABLE TO MOUNT LOCATION
DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message busy security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken"

Note I am on the internet by LAN cable

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

[lotuseclat79]

Tell us specifically, the command you used to try and mount it.

If the media is stuck in the drive, have you tried as root from the / or /root directory:
# eject /dev/scd0

ISO media need the file system type to be specified when issuing the mount command.

Try as root:
# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
# mount -v -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

You cannot eject from the mounted directory, so issue the eject command from either the / or /root directory.

Make sure you complete (finalize) all burns of an ISO file to a cd/dvd/r+w media.

-- Tom

[prunejuice]

Mind telling us what this ISO is and what you intend to do with it?