[lug] Fedora 1 laptop can't read DVD+RW

[Stephen Queen]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Michael Deck wrote:

> I've got an Inspiron 4000 laptop running Fedora Core 1. This is kernel
> 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl. My dmesg shows
>
> hdc: LG DVD-ROM DRN-8080B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>
> I can slide a CDROM into the drive and it automounts and reads fine. But
> when I replace it with a DVD+RW that I made myself, containing just files
> -- not interested in video playing -- and try to mount it, it says "no
> medium found". The relevant line in /etc/fstab is
>
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>
> where /dev/cdrom is a link to /dev/hdc
>
> Can anyone help me out with this? Are there drivers or other programs that
> I need here?
>
If you have this set up using the ide-scsi driver so that
you can record with it, try mounting it as
/dev/scd0

Just a thought.

Steve