Re: 2.6.3 BUG - can't write DVD-RAM - reported as write-protected

[Jens Axboe]

On Thu, Mar 04 2004, Olaf Fr?czyk wrote:
> Hi,
> I switched to 2.6.3 from 2.4.x serie.
> When I mount DVD-RAM it is mounted read-only:
> 
> [root@venus olaf]# mount /dev/dvdram /mnt/dvdram
> mount: block device /dev/dvdram is write-protected, mounting read-only
> [root@venus olaf]#
> 
> In 2.4 it is mounted correctly as read-write.
> 
> Drive: Panasonic LF-201, reported in Linux as:
> MATSHITA        DVD-RAM LF-D200         A120
> 
> SCSI controller: Adaptec 2940U2W

What does cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info say? Do you get any kernel
messages in dmesg when the rw mount fails?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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