Kubuntu Dvd drive Read-Only want to make it Read-Write

[Jerry421]

Hello back again I posted this in the Newbie section but i thought it would fit better in the Pre-Release since that is what im using, Anyways like stated above my dvd drive is saying its read only and i would like to make it read/write here is some info:
Hello for some reason Kubuntu has my dvd drive as a read only and i was wondering how to change it to write also. -Edited

*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3500418AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: CC46
serial: 9VMRTLT1
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0005ce96
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: DVD-ROM SD-M1612
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1806
capabilities: removable audio dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
jerry@jerry-desktop:~$ cdrecord --scanbus
scsibus5:
5,0,0 500) 'TOSHIBA ' 'DVD-ROM SD-M1612' '1806' Removable CD-ROM
5,1,0 501) *
5,2,0 502) *
5,3,0 503) *
5,4,0 504) *
5,5,0 505) *
5,6,0 506) *
5,7,0 507) *
Also this is my fstab

# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=5d677593-2780-4900-8040-606dc3de11bd / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=306cab5d-d51c-4042-b258-584eb3ebdda4 none swap sw 0 0

[sithlord48]

Re: Kubuntu Dvd drive Read-Only want to make it Read-Write

you do realize you have a DVD-ROM drive right? ROM means Read Only Memory.

[timek718]

Re: Kubuntu Dvd drive Read-Only want to make it Read-Write

I think the OP is thinking of something like Mt. Ranier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...ket_writing%29](at least as I understand it) where the DVD/CD ROM drive is treated like a great big floppy.

Again from what I've read & from my limited experience, packet writing is notoriously unreliable.

[sithlord48]

Re: Kubuntu Dvd drive Read-Only want to make it Read-Write

I think the OP is thinking of something like Mt. Ranier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...ket_writing%29](at least as I understand it) where the DVD/CD ROM drive is treated like a great big floppy.

Again from what I've read & from my limited experience, packet writing is notoriously unreliable.

You still need to have RW device of some kind. a ROM device can never write. Unless the OP's drive says RW on it. lshw is basicly going to repot what the devices EEID chip says the device is.