Cannot find DVD drive

[Timothy Murphy]

Richard England wrote:

>>>> but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop?
>>>>
>>>> It is shown by lshal:
>>>> --------------------------
>>>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
>>>>  block.storage_device
>>>> = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' 
>>>> (string)
>>>>  info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B'  (string)
>>>>  info.udi =
>>>>  '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
>>>> (string)
>>>>       
>>> When I do lshal in my F8 box I get this (way down in the output):
>>>
>>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_R1312'
>>> access_control.file = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
>>> block.device = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
>>> linux.device_file = '/dev/sg0'  (string)
>>>
>>> I'm just curious: do you get any of that?
>>>     
>>
>> Yes, I do get that:
>> --------------------------
>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
>>   access_control.file = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
>>   access_control.grant_local_session = true  (bool)
>>   block.device = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
>> --------------------------
>>
>> I did actually know /dev/cdrom was a link to /dev/sr0,
>> but I get the same result when trying to mount the latter:
>> --------------------------
>> [root at alfred tim]# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
>> mount: No medium found
>> --------------------------
>>
>> I guess there may be something wrong with the drive.
>> It's rather ancient.
>> I'll try it in another machine.
>>
>>   
> I'm coming in late on this, but is there a CD (media) in the drive when
> you try the mount command?

Yes, there was a CD in the drive,
in fact it was the Fedora KDE Live CD,
which I was trying to boot from.

I tried it in another drive in the same machine,
and it did boot from the CD.

So I guess there is something wrong with the drive.

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