Formatting CDs for Linux

[Talan]

I'm running a hard drive installation of DSL. (From what I've gathered, this is the most appropriate forum for said distro.) This is truly a neophyte's question, but how do I transfer video files from XP to DSL via CD? My CD-RWs never seem mount correctly these days, although they have once before. I hope I haven't corrupted the data indices or anything.

[techieMoe]

What program were you using to burn the CDs? Also, were you just relying on the OS to auto-mount or have you tried manually mounting them?

[Talan]

I am using MicroBurner v4. I haven't tried manually mounting the CD drive. How does it make a difference? As I stated before, my CD-RW loaded successfully once before -- I honestly can't see a reason for this problem.

[techieMoe]

I am using MicroBurner v4. I haven't tried manually mounting the CD drive. How does it make a difference? As I stated before, my CD-RW loaded successfully once before -- I honestly can't see a reason for this problem.

Manually mounting the disc makes a difference because auto-mount doesn't always tell you when it fails. It could be that your distro sees the disc, but isn't mounting it properly on its own. You should be able to mount it by opening up a console and typing this:

cd /mnt/
mount /dev/cdrom cdrom

It may tell you only root can mount it. In that case gain root privileges by typing su and your root password and try the command again.