Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twin DVD drives not mounting
David, Whereabouts do you live? Is there a local Linux User Group in your area? There are lots of people in the community who would love to help you out and might be able to do things to assist you in many ways. Obviously, don't give too much personal info away in an open mailing list like this, but you should definitely consider getting yourself to a local LUG meet-up and let some of the eager, local Linux nerds help you out. That's what they are there for! Perhaps in future, you could even contribute back, utilise your experiences and possibly help out in some of the open-source accessibility projects. A while ago, when listening to one of the Linux podcasts, I heard a fascinating and encouraging interview about an Ubuntu-based (I think) distro, which champions accessibility and feeds back into upstream accessibility projects. Anyone reading this: Help me out here; was this the Ubuntu Podcast? What was this distro? Who'd like to help out David? Thanks to all, Rich. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twin DVD drives not mounting
LIam is right, you have to check that your hardware is correctly installed. The subject line 'Twin DVD drives not mounting' is not really correct. The drives themselves are not 'mounted'. It's the DVD or CD put into the drive that is mounted. with a udf or ISO9600 file system on them. And that is usually done automatically. The drives have to be 'detected' at boot time, as does all the hardware. Run the command: sudo lshw This will show if the hardware is detected. The bit in my lshw listing that shows it is: *-scsi:1 physical id: 3 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD-RAM GHC0N vendor: HL-DT-ST physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: MA00 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc because its SATA. If its PATA, it may be different. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twin DVD drives not mounting
On 20 September 2015 at 14:04, David Goldsbrough wrote: > Now the floppy drive entry is really weird as the system does not have one! You may not; millions do. I still did on my machines when I lived in the UK - dual drives (3.5" and 5.25") in one of them. Also, you could plug in a USB floppy drive at any time, if you so wished. As for the DVD drives: are they PATA or SATA? If they're PATA, check their jumper settings. I have a suspicion you might have them both set to "CSEL", which means "cable select". Master and slave are set at bootup according to which drive is on the end of the cable and which is in the middle. This is not very reliable and while it might work with Windows, it might not with Linux. You should also check if you are running the latest BIOS version for your motherboard. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twin DVD drives not mounting
I have tried what some contributors have said. Just to answer some questions and issues raised. I am trying to get my system to recognise (mount) my twin DVD drives. My research had led me to believe that a cure would be to place entries in /etc/fstab but that has not worked. I am using 14.04 LTS and I installed it from a DVD ISO image I had lying around along with other distros. I installed it alongside my windows vista and yes I can boot into either through GRUB. Deleting the 2 entries I made in /etc/fstab plus the ref to the floppy disk drive, then rebooting had no effect. Placing a pre burnt DVD drive had no effect and syslog showed nothing as far as I could see. (My vision is really too bad at the moment) At this stage do you think I should be changing /proc/mount instead. I have a vague recollection that when booting /etc/fstab is not even consulted. Maybe I should just give up for now until my vision improves hopefully. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
