system does not boot install cd

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2013-06-24 17:55, Damon Cassell wrote:
> I think you said there was still an older version of Ubuntu on the
> system. Not sure if that Ubuntu install has the "lshw" command
> installed by default but this will tell you the make/model of the
> optical drive and it's capabilities.
>
> For example, on my Fedora box:
>
>         *-cdrom
>              description: DVD writer
>              product: DVD_RW ND-3550A
>              vendor: _NEC
>              physical id: 0.0.0
>              bus info: scsi at 4:0.0.0
>               logical name: /dev/cdrom
>              logical name: /dev/sr0
>              version: 1.05
>              serial: [
>              capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
>              configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
>
> I believe on Ubuntu the model of the optical drive should also be
> reported on /var/log/dmesg.
>
> Damon
>

Thank you for this most useful command!

The output (copied by hand from a terminal on my phone screen):

*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: DW-224E-B
vendor: TEAC
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: C.6F
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

...and then further down...

*-cdrom
description: SCSI CD-ROM
product: Virtual DVD-ROM
vendor: HP
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi at 4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/sr1
serial: [
capabilities: removable audio
configuration: status=nodisc



(And to answer the 64bits question: the cpus have "width: 64 bits" )


So it should be able to read DVDs, but I guess the lense is indeed 
dirty.



Also tweaking the USB settings seems to be getting us nowhere...



Currently I'm out of ideas, so I think i'll have to go to the remote 
site and pick the thing up...


Thanks for your help everyone!

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman