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

[Michael Deck]

Yeah, looks like that's it. I can dual-boot Windoze on this machine and it 
can't be read there either. Too bad.

Thanks for everyone's help.

-Mike

At 01:25 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote:

>Andrew F. Gilmore wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 09:28 -0700, 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?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Mike, I think the issue might be the DVD-RW/DVD+RW format conflicts? I'm
> > not sure, but it is at least possible that the +RW format is not
> > readable in a -RW drive?
>
>Waiting for the cable guy, I notice:
>
>http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/lg8080b/en/intro.htm
>
>Indeed, it looks like DVD+RW is not supported.  My quick read through
>Dell doesn't seen to show a firmware update that might enable it.  May
>not be possible.
>
>Matt
>
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Michael Deck
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