wont mount sony dvd rw drive

[greatsirkain]

lshw shows it's there:

*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD RW DW-D22A
vendor: SONY
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom3
logical name: /dev/cdrw3
logical name: /dev/dvd3
logical name: /dev/dvdrw3
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: BYS3
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

but it doesn't mount, even wen there is a disk in it. I tried to mount it manually and got this:

mount: can't find /dev/sr0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

tested it with cds and dvds & it doesn't work. Works fine when booting from it so I know it's not bust

any thoughts?

[greatsirkain]

*ahem* still no further forward with this....I know DVD and CD is a redundant technology but I'd really rather be able to retrieve all my data before it dies completely

[dannyboy79]

so when you put it in your drive and shut it, nothing pops up on your desktop? Have you tried adding an fstab entry like in the old days?

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0

make sure to change /dev/cdrom to whatever your device is and also make sure there's a folder within /media/ and it has proper permissions.

That's all I can suggest, I thought having cdrom/dvd-rom entries in fstab were a thing of the past with the automounting capabilities but if it's not working that my next best guess for a solution