fresh install ---blooming DVD drive not recognized AGAIN

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 12:03:32 UTC 2012


On 01/16/2012 04:50 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 16/01/12 17:58, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 01/16/2012 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>>> 2. probably much more important, is to run 'sudo grub-update' after
>>> inserting the 'libata.force...' statement in the menu.lst .
>>
>> I just did a locate and don't have a menu.lst. I thought that was 
>> deprecated?? Thanks!! Ric
>
>
> Looks like in your case it has been replaced by 'grub.cfg' - see 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2.

Guess what? Complete FRESH install of Xubuntu 11.10 ... the hdparm 
results are the same. But! DVD's will play. Beats the heck outa me, but 
there you go. I'm going to bed... it's 7AM here. <swears> Ric





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