The Linux eternal problem with reading CD/DVDs...

[Paul Smith]

On 7/18/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > From time to time, I have serious problems with reading data DVD
> > > disks. Now, I try to copy a file from a mounted (automatically) disk
> > > to the Desktop (KDE), and the the process is stalled for ages, with no
> > > progress. Any ideas? When will Linux reach the MS Windows' performance
> > > regarding CD/DVDs?
> >
> > That is absolutely irritating: I try to mount the DVD disk manually and I get
> >
> > $ mount /dev/dvd
> > mount: can't find /dev/hdd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> > $
>
> Where would you like it to be mounted?

Thanks, Les and Tony. I could after all mount my DVD disk with

mount /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd

(with /mnt/dvd created previously.)

Conclusion: hal seems to be not working properly. In the past, I did
not need to mount manually my DVD disks.

Paul