Can't read any DVD, and can't mount the dvd drive

[NoOp]

On 03/28/2008 12:38 PM, Ashley Benton wrote:
> Sorry for the top posting, I tried to change the /etc/fstab files to
> /dev/scd0...and dev/scd1...and it is still not working
> The files seems to be here
> james at james-desktop:~$ ls -l /media
> total 12
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    6 2007-12-15 19:09 cdrom -> cdrom0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-15 19:09 cdrom0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-15 19:09 cdrom1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    7 2007-12-15 19:09 floppy -> floppy0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-15 19:09 floppy0
> james at james-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0
> mount: No medium found
> james at james-desktop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc0 /media/cdrom0
> mount: special device /dev/sdc0 does not exist
> Another very simple question, how do I stop top posting?

Move the cursor to the bottom of the msg text & start typing?

> 
> 
> I guess I will have some work tomorrow and will change the dvd drives to see
> if the drive is broken.
> Thank you
> Meg

Before you start pulling hardware out, you might try doing some basic
checks first:

$ sudo lshw > lshwjames.txt

Then open lshwjames.txt in the text editor (or use 'cat lshwjames.txt'
in the terminal) and look for your cd & dvd drives. You should see
something like (this is from my lshw):

           *-cdrom:0
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: DVD DC DQ60
                vendor: BENQ
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: MRCC
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
           *-cdrom:1
                description: SCSI CD-ROM
                product: CD-ROM CDU5215
                vendor: SONY
                physical id: 3
                bus info: scsi at 2:0.1.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom1
                logical name: /dev/scd1
                logical name: /dev/sr1
                version: 7YS1
                capabilities: removable audio
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open

If you only see the CD-ROM and not the DVD, then go hunting in
/var/logs/messages dmesg etc to see if you can spot why the drive isn't
getting recognized.