eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think the problem is not Linux specific.
>> My machine has also got MS Windows, and MS Windows cannot also detect
>> my burner. I suspect that the problem is caused by the fact that I did
>> recently a BIOS update.
>>
>> My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8I945PL-G and my burner is an IDE one.
>
> Can the BIOS see the drive? Reboot and look for it under the BIOS boot
> options (or just try booting from it using  Live CD). If it's not there
> you may have either a bad drive or a connector problem.

I cannot boot from a Live CD, although the option CDROM appears as a
boot option. I am going to try to downgrade the BIOS update.

Paul