DVDRW doesn't want to write

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Odyssey

Discussion Starter · Dec 29, 2006

I have installed a NEC DVD+/-RW ND-3550A into my Ubunut 5.04, found the device as /dev/hdd, mounted it at /mnt/dvdrw. It will read a CD, but when I put a blank dvd+rw into the drive and try to mount it with

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sudo mount /dev/hdd /mnt/dvdrw

I get the message:

mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

The blank DVD surely is not write-protected. What am I doing wrong? TIA

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fenderfreek

· #5 · Jan 2, 2007

I'm not quite sure what you're asking for help with. Could you elaborate? If you're backing up for the purpose of upgrading, no repartitioning is necessary. Just do

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