CD reading problems

[NoOp]

On 09/10/2010 01:33 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/09/2010 03:23 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>>> I have an odd problem.
>>> I bought a new laserprinter (Samsung ML2580) which comes with a CD 
>>> containing a.o. drivers for Linux(!).
>>> However, I cannot read the CD with ubuntu 9.10 (on 2 different systems) 
>>> but I can read it with an ubuntu 8.04 system (and of course Windows).
>>> To check if it was an hardware problem, I tested it with a CD containing 
>>> a large Windows program. That CD could be read so it's not a hardware 
>>> problem.
>>> In the message log I find:
>>> ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
>>> Sep  9 15:16:31 [1045766.078936] ata1: EH complete
>>> Sep  9 15:29:08 [1046523.145899] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem 
>>> on dev sr0.
>>> HAs anybody a clue where to look for asolution?
>> 
>> No clue, but maybe check some of these?
>> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text="Can't+find+a+valid+FAT+filesystem+on+dev"&field.actions.search=Search>
>> 
>> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text="Can't+find+a+valid+FAT+filesystem+on+dev+sr0&field.actions.search=Search>
>> 
>> 
> Gary,
> Thanks for the speedy reply. Your suggestion did not give a result on 
> launchpad. The strange thing is that I get regularly ata1 errors (which 
> show up in my daily logs) but current kernels use scsi as indication of 
> disks and the HD's on this system are SATA (1 internal 2 external). The 
> CD-writer (Samsung SH-223) is also SATA so I don't understand the error.
> But I solved it by copying the CD to an USB-stick and read it on the 
> target system. Not a solution for the problem but a circumvention.

Do you get any other errors when you:

$ grep -e 'sr0' -e 'ata3' /var/log/messages
or
$ grep -e 'sr0' -e 'ata1' /var/log/messages