DVD Drive Problem

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 15:16, Robin Laing wrote:
> wilzad aboobacker wrote:
> >   
> > Hi Guys,
> > I have a Samsung DVD drive with me. but fedora is recognizing it as a CD
> > ROM Drive,
> > 
> > If any one knows a solution, please let me know
> > 
> > br
> > wilzad
> >
> Both DVD drives on my computer were recognized as CD drives.  No 
> problem playing DVD's or recording DVD's.

Try: cdrecord -prcap dev=/dev/cdrom

That'll tell you what cdrecord thinks can be done with the drive (it
works for readers as well as writers).

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>