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I deleted the old links to /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd because I was pretty sure that starting from scratch would be easier and was needed.
Correct!
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I linked /dev/cdrom and /dev/sr0 together
Correct! Glad you remembered to use sr0 instead of hdc!
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and /dev/hdd and /dev/dvd also.
Correct correct!
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I then linked /devdvd and /dev/cdrom with their corresponding mount directories.
No no no no no no no. Never link those :) Mount handles that part on it's own. Unlink them or else you may have quite a few disasters in future situations.
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/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
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/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
Not bad, here is what would work perfectly:
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/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
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/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
We want to change both instances of 'owner' to 'user', that way everyone in the 'user' group can mount and unmount them without needing a pesky su root. We also change iso9660 from itself to auto on the dvd, because it -won't- be just iso9660 cds, but dvd as well. After that, the fstab forh both should work fine :)
As a final note, umount both drives and run these commands in su root:
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chmod 777 /mnt/dvd*
chmod 777 /mnt/cdrom*
chgrp wheel /mnt/cdrom*
chgrp wheel /mnt/dvd*
That way your normal programs have priviledged access to read (you still need to su root to write cd's) and execute things on the cd's, as well as mount.
After that, see if everything works :) We can discuss using hdparm later to enable DMA and a few other speed features on your dvd and hda drive.
