I lost my cd rom drive.

[Ric]

It used to work, but now I cant burn or read with it. The light comes on, and the disk spins, but it doesn't show as storage media. Windows can still read it ( although windows hasn't been able to burn for a while. typical windows...) so I know the hardware still works. How can I fix that ?

[GI_James]

It used to work, but now I cant burn or read with it. The light comes on, and the disk spins, but it doesn't show as storage media. Windows can still read it ( although windows hasn't been able to burn for a while. typical windows...) so I know the hardware still works. How can I fix that ?

try to mount it manually,

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mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

For specifics on using mount, check your man pages or here: http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man2/mount.2.php

You may have to add a line in /etc/fstab. For more info on fstab, type man fstab in terminal, or look here: http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man5/fstab.5.php

[phlo]

Hey, I have the same problem now on one system using 3.4f.
It even doesn't show up in the dmesg.
But every 10th boot its there for some short time.
Seems that something crashes.

Is it an known issue?

Any idea to debug to see whats going on realy?

thanks

phlo

[Fitzcarraldo]

It used to work, but now I cant burn or read with it. The light comes on, and the disk spins, but it doesn't show as storage media. Windows can still read it ( although windows hasn't been able to burn for a while. typical windows...) so I know the hardware still works. How can I fix that ?

If Windows can't burn either then sounds to me like your drive is on the way out!

Hey, I have the same problem now on one system using 3.4f.
It even doesn't show up in the dmesg.
But every 10th boot its there for some short time.
Seems that something crashes.

Is it an known issue?

Any idea to debug to see whats going on realy?

thanks

phlo

What happens if you boot the SL LiveDVD or LiveCD? Or other DVDs and CDs, for that matter?