Recognizing Drives

[Joseph]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/09/2008 11:32 AM, Joseph wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 04/09/2008 05:34 AM, Joseph wrote:
>>>> Thank you Sir.  Actually, I have one of them (2Gb).  Never heard it
>>>> called a Keydrive.  Around these parts, it's occasionally called a
>>>> "Flashdrive" but usually is referred to as a "Jumpdrive".....
>>>>
>>>> But I'm also wanting to do all of what a burner is for.  I do want to
>>>> use it for storing data, but also, I'm planning on using it for
>>>> burning music, videos, and other things.
>>>>
>>> Please bottom post.
>>>
>>> I'm confused (as usual); I thought that you got your CD/DVD working.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That's what I thought.  <grimace>  It seemed to recognize it at first....   but for some reason it 
>> stopped...   or I was looking at the wrong thing.  I didn't try it burning.  But now I don't see it, 
>> let alone burning.
>>
>> I did make sure the jumpers were right, DVD = Master and the CD = Slave.  That's when I thought both 
>> were there.
>>
>> I was planning on switching cables to put the DVD burner at the end of the cable rather than 
>> second....   it's supposed to be my master.
>>
>> I looked for the folders (I forget what they were now) that I'm supposed to have for CD and DVD 
>> drives, but there seems to be none....   even though the CD-R works.
>>
>> Anyway....   I'm near burning over no burning.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I'd recommend connecting just one at a time. Check your bios each time
> to see if it is: 1) set correct, and 2) recognizing the drive(s). When
> booting into U, make sure your /etc/fstab has an entry for the drives.
> Example from my fstab:
> 
> /dev/scd0    /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660  user,noauto,exec    0  0
> /dev/scd1    /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660  user,noauto,exec    0  0
> 
> Also check to see if the drive is being seen at boot. Open a terminal
> windows and:
> 
> sudo lshw > lshwmycds.txt
> 
> That will run the lshw program and put the output in the lshwmycds.txt
> file. It's a plain text file, so you can open it in the terminal:
> 
> cat lshwmycds.txt
> 
> or text editor.
> 
> Then look for the cdrom entry(s) - sample:
> 
>            *-cdrom
>                 description: DVD reader
>                 product: DVD-ROM SD-C2502
>                 vendor: TOSHIBA
>                 physical id: 1
>                 bus info: scsi at 1:0.0.0
>                 logical name: /dev/cdrom
>                 logical name: /dev/dvd
>                 logical name: /dev/scd0
>                 logical name: /dev/sr0
>                 version: 1113
>                 capabilities: removable audio dvd
>                 configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
> 
> BTW: you can name lshwmycds.txt to whatever you want. It's handy to have
> one on file & then do another after you add new hardware. That way you
> can go back and compare if necessary.
> 
> 


I got into the computer and changed the cables from one to the other, and vice versa.  When I did 
that, it worked!!!   I just burned off four data discs....   looks like I'm good to go.

I thought that if you had the jumpers set for master and slave, it didn't matter which cable went 
where....   but apparently the master MUST be at the end of the cable and the slave on the second one.

Joseph