DVD does not recognized disks anymore

[Michael P. Brininstool]

Gérard Milmeister wrote:
> This is probably a hardware error, but someone may have a solution.
> Quite suddenly, my DVD drive (Plextor PX-716A) does not recognize
> disks anymore, neither DVD nor CD-ROM. If I use 'mount' manually
> I just get:
>   mount: No medium found
> Any idea what could have happened?
> Probably I have to get a new drive, in any case no Plextor anymore...

I have the same drive and it works perfectly, unless I try to BOOT off
of it to install FC5 instead of FC1.  Can one not boot off the Plextor
716A?  It is on second chain, but alone as master on that chain.

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Michael