Can't pin down DVD no mount problem

[Ken McLennan]

G'day there Rashkae,

    Sorry about taking a while to get back. The boss insisted that I 
actually show up for work and I didn't have much time to play with the 
pooter.

> I'm starting to think your drive just went kafka between then and now
> and can no longer reliably read a portion of dvd's.  It's maddening that
> something like that would happen right in the middle of a major software
> change, which makes it hard to be 100% certain, but it's really a very
> common problem with optical drives.. they just don't last worth a damn
    You might well be correct. In the last few days I've partitioned off 
a 10 gig chunk of the hard drive and installed Mandriva, which couldn't 
load DVDs. I then downloaded Puppy Linux and installed to my pendrive. 
It works fine, but can't load DVD's either. Actually, I should correct 
that. It finds the drive OK if there's an install DVD, but not if 
there's a movie on it. CD's don't seem to be an issue although I think 
there's something wrong with the sound. That's a different issue though.

    I'm now running Mint Linux (Ubuntu derivative) and it's got the same 
issues.

    I'll have to chase up the warranty for this thing and see if I can 
get a new drive fitted.

Thanks for helping
See ya
Ken McLennan
Qld, Australia
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