Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-24 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/24/07, Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark: What I see, when gnome-mount (?), or something else, is not > working properly, is a generic icon for the DVD drive. If a DVD is > mounted, properly, it will also show me the label for the DVD and work > properly. So far, to get a DVD to

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-24 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Monday, 20 August 2007, "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 55 > If the icon is on your desktop, you should be able to access the DVD > through it. I think that means that gnome recognized the disk. I've > never seen a drive icon on the desktop and have it NOT appear in

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-21 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/21/07, Brent L. Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The desktop icon only means you have a drive, it doesn't mean a disc is > mounted. > Interesting - I only get a desktop icon (in gnome) when a disc is in fact mounted. As previously stated, I don't get the icon for discs that don't moun

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-21 Thread Brent L. Bates
The desktop icon only means you have a drive, it doesn't mean a disc is mounted. -- Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 NASA Langley Research CenterFAX:(757) 865-8177 Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 Email: [E

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-20 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/20/07, Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark: Below are the last 4 lines of dmesg on my daughters box. I had the > CentOS 5.0 Install DVD in the drive and the DVD icon was visible on the > desktop, but, it had not automounted the DVD. I did not mount the DVD > manually. Lanny > > >

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 19 August 2007, "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way to read what's on this DVD (so I can back -up the > files again, hopefully with better results)? > > Secondary related question: I noticed that my CentOS boot DVD does > not automount when I put it in either dri

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 19 August 2007, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suspect IDE cable, DVD drive, P/S, motherboard (assuming an > on-board IDE channel) in that order. Don't overlook the drive's power > connector, either. Robert: The DVD drive in my daughters box is a TEAC (which I've been told are

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-20 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/19/07, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suspect IDE cable, DVD drive, P/S, motherboard (assuming an > on-board IDE channel) in that order. Don't overlook the drive's power > connector, either. > I'll check out the cable when I get a chance, but most of the rest of the hardware is r

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 19 August 2007, "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way to read what's on this DVD (so I can back -up the > files again, hopefully with better results)? > > Secondary related question: I noticed that my CentOS boot DVD does > not automount when I put it in either dri

Re: [CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-19 Thread Robert
Mark Hull-Richter wrote: I wrote a bunch of files to a backup DVD about two months ago and now neither of my drives will read it. I get mount errors from "not a directory" to something like "unrecognized file system type" and so on, usually after a really long wait and a notice about how the d

[CentOS] Problems reading a backup data DVD

2007-08-19 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
I wrote a bunch of files to a backup DVD about two months ago and now neither of my drives will read it. I get mount errors from "not a directory" to something like "unrecognized file system type" and so on, usually after a really long wait and a notice about how the drive is write-protected (duh)