hardware issue - cd/dvd rom

[garnertr]

Greetings,

I have an alienware, sentia, 1700mhz, 1-gig ram, 80-gig hd, wifi, laptop. I've recently discovered the world of KUbuntu and am enjoying everything except for my DVD-rom that seems to NOT want to work.

I'm at a loss and would like to start over from the beginning, in attempting to get my drive to work. I would like any suggestions. I'm not even sure my /ETC/FSTAB file is accurate anymore...

And to be honest, I'm beginning to doubt that my drive is actually working anymore...but I want to ensure that kubuntu is 100% set up accurately first.

quetsion 1 - is there a way to force a hardware rescan?

my fstab:

tom@tardis:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

I'm not even sure /dev/hdd is the accurate spot anymore... any thoughts?

[mohawke]

Re: hardware issue - cd/dvd rom

To get a list of your drives you can type ls /dev/hd*

Here's my fstab, which works fine with a cd/dvd burner on Kubuntu breezy.

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

Try that line and mount your cd/dvd at the command prompt like so

sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0

this will unmount it

sudo umount /media/cdrom0

Note, I have had major problems using KwikDisk in Kubuntu and avoid it.

Not sure if you have tried a manual mount, but it can't hurt.

[garnertr]

Re: hardware issue - cd/dvd rom

Well, I thank everyone for their assistance, but I believe my drive is actually having a hardware fault. I yanked my drive out, pulled the manufacturer data and googled it and guess what? There is a LONG history of faults.

Also, I have several linux distro's on disc and installed each/every one and not a single distro "saw" the drive, had the same issue. Also, about a year ago I was running FC on my laptop and it worked fine, saw the drive, but now, its not, so anyway, after about 7 diff distro's w/ the exact same result and nothing could fix it...

So, I'm off to a hardware store to find a dvd drive that I can replace my drive with and then I'll be certain that once and for all its the drive. I'm 99.9% sure that it is now a hardware fault.

So, I'll be hunting down a new drive, install it and then report my results here...