Turns out that the DVD player was bad - even after updating it. An all too obvious of a check was to put in a bootable DVD - it didnt work... - John --- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 11:48 -0800, > john_gore@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Thanks, Here's the output of cdrecord -prcap > > -dev=/dev/dvd > > > > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) > Copyright > > (C) 1995-2004 Jrg Schill > > ing > > Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) > version > > with DVD support > > Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not > present > > in the original. > > Note: Please send bug reports or support requests > to > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ > > bugzilla > > Note: The author of cdrecord should not be > bothered > > with problems in this versio > > n. > > scsidev: '/dev/dvd' > > devname: '/dev/dvd' > > scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 > > Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. > > cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg > transport > > code version (schily - Red > > Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c > > > 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright > > 1997 J. Schilling'). > > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > > Version : 0 > > Response Format: 1 > > Vendor_info : 'ATAPI ' > > Identifikation : 'DVD RW 8XMax ' > > Revision : '150D' > > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. > > > > Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A: > > > > Does read CD-R media > > Does write CD-R media > > Does read CD-RW media > > Does write CD-RW media > > Does read DVD-ROM media > > Does read DVD-R media > > Does write DVD-R media > > Does not read DVD-RAM media > > Does not write DVD-RAM media > > Does support test writing > > Looks like that hardware is responding OK then. > > You *should* be able to mount a DVD-ROM using: > > # mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom > > If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas I'm afraid. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
