Gutsy will not recognize dvdr

Ed Miller miller07 at suddenlink.net
Sat Nov 17 23:04:10 UTC 2007


Frank McCormick wrote:
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> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:35:54 -0500
> Ed Miller <miller07 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
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>> James Takac wrote:
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>>> On Sunday 18 November 2007 07:34:01 Ed Miller wrote:
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>>>> I reinstalled gutsy to make using my extra hard drive easier. I used my
>>>> dvd to install it. Now I am trying to use the dvd player to install
>>>> build-essentials but can't get Gutsy to recognize the dvd. It's not just
>>>>         
>>> Do you per chance no the type of drive, i.e. sata or pata, maybe scsi? I had 
>>> the same on my other laptop before and I should check to to see if I need to 
>>> apply the workaround again as I reinstalled Gutsy fresh on it. Ok they fixed 
>>> what was the prob for me earlier in Gutsy
>>>
>>> I can remember having to do a 
>>>
>>> sudo modprobe piix
>>> sudo update-initramfs -u
>>>
>>> then editing /etc/modules adding the piix line to make it stick
>>>
>>> Just doing the modprobe should tell you if this is your prob as you should be 
>>> able to read from the drive again in that session if it is
>>>       
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>> Thanks for the quick reply. I believe the drive is a pata. When I run 
>> modprobe piix it tells me the module does not exist. Any ideas where i 
>> can find it? I googled it and found some stuff but no downloads.
>>
>>     
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>     I have these on my system:
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> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko
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> You probably got "command not found" - you have to run modprobe as root..so try
> sudo modprobe piix
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> Cheers
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I also just found those on my system in the same directories but when i 
run sudo modprobe piix the response is Module piix not found.
Ed




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