Drive that can used to read CD (compact disk) drive.

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Optical drive pops open on waking computer up from suspend - 13.04

Has anyone else noticed that their optical drive pops open when resuming the system from suspend/sleep? It isn't really a big deal, perhaps it's a bug with the way the OS is interfacing with my ...
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Disabling CD-DRIVE checking, while using a file manager

Every time I open a file manager like dolphin, CD/DVD-DRIVE is checked. So I have to wait until the CD-DRIVE checking ends completely. Is there any option to disable this checking (except when I go ...
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I installed ubuntu 11.10 using my CD cdrive, but now it doesn't work

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 from CD because I needed a non-pae install. After upgrading to 11.10, my CD drive no longer works. It doesn't open, or spin up, if I open it using a paper clip and I can't see ...
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My IDE CD-ROM is not working!

My problem is that I have a CK804 IDE controller (with the nForce4 SLI Intel chipset), and drive 0 will not work. I am trying to install two IDE DVD-multi drives. Drive 1 will read and write and is ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 reads CD-R as Blank CD-R

Recently tried inserting Pimsleur Langauage CD set into HP Pavillion dv6000 running Ubuntu 12.10 freshly updated. Each time and every disk came up as a Blank CD-R. Audio cd's run fine and most ...
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how to mount dvd-rw drive/create mount point

I just get ubuntu 12.10. So I am a newbie. I have sata hard disc with partitions - sda 1 (swap) sda 2 (mount point /) and sda 3 (mount point /home). Today I add another internal hard disc (not sata) ...
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CD/DVD drive won't eject media - Kubuntu 12.04

I have an older Gateway computer with a CD writer/DVD player installed, and I just started using Kubuntu 12.04. After I insert a CD or DVD, I'm unable to eject it with the button on the drive. It ...
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How do I change what happens after I insert an audio CD?

Long ago I told Ubuntu to always open Banshee whenever I inserted an audio CD, but that behavior has gotten rather annoying as I am in the process of archiving my entire CD collection. I would like ...
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Playonlinux doesn't see my cdrom [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction? Trying to install Diablo 2 with playonlinux and after creating the virtual drive and choosing to install with cdroms, disk ...
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Using cd/dvd device causes ubuntu 12.04 to freeze

I'm using a compal pbl-21, with the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.04. As far as I know, all of my drivers are current. However, when I open the disk drive and close it, Ubuntu becomes unresponsive, ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 isn't recognizing the dvd/cd drive [closed]

I've run into the same problem as this guy [closed-no answers]: UBUNTU isn't recognizing the dvd/cd drive I recently installed 12.10 (32-bit) on a HP EliteBook 8560p. I used the ODD (CD/DVD+RW) ...
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Why does my Lubuntu only recognize Lubuntu installation CDs?

I installed lubuntu from an alternate CD a month ago. Now when I needed to read some CDs, the CD tray won't open. It can be opened before Ubuntu boots up. It can be opened after entering sudo eject ...
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Cdrom is mounted, but where?

A Nautilus folder will be opened automatically when inserting a CD in a drive. It is under Devices with name Audiodisk. As long as the files are accessed via Nautilus everything is fine. The problem ...
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Which logfile(s) log(s) errors reading a cd?

I introduce a CD-RW, maybe blank (I really don't know), and after a little movement inside the reader, the CD is ejected without any message at all. I would like to know what is going on and the ...
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Can't mount UBS flash drives or my CD/DVD drives

How can I fix the permissions to get rid of the following error and mount my USB and internal CD/DVD drive: Adding read ACL for uid 1000 to `/media/bret' failed: Operation not supported These ...
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My USB DVD rw is not working in my asus netbook using ubuntu

My USB DVD rw is not working in my ubuntu on asus notebook (U31F). It works fine in my dektop. I am guessing the reason is that my desktop has a DVD RW while notebook didn't while installation. The ...
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“sr0” I/O read boot error in Xubuntu 12.10

Just recently upgraded Xubuntu 12.10 after having installed 12.04 originally. Ever since that happened, any time I inserted a disk into my DVD/CD reader/writer I would end up getting a number of ...
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Audio CDs not auto-mounting

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T61 laptop with LG HL-DT-ST DVD RAM GSA-U10N drive and Ubuntu 12.04 system on it. Recently I have noticed a strange behavior: automounting only some of the CDs/DVDs that I ...
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DVD-drive detected by BIOS and UEFI but not by Ubuntu 12.04

I have build a new tower containing; Asrock Z77 extreme4 (motherboard) Core i7 (processor) Hitachi LGE-DMGH 12 L (B) GH15F SATA (SATA DVD-drive) ...
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Does a CD-ROM drive also have a UUID like a hard drive?

Does a CD-ROM drive also have a UUID like a hard drive? How do I determine what the UUID is?
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How do I determine what device my DVD drive is mapped to?

Sometimes my CD-ROM is mapped to /dev/sg0 and sometimes to /dev/sg1. How do I detect the currently mapped device in a bash script?
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WUBI Windows installer won't launch on Windows 98

Have an old PIII 1GHz machine that I'd like to try to use as a homework writing / editing / printing machine for the kids and maybe share the printer on the home net, but it doesn't look like I'm ...
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GUI Tool to deny Standard users from Using CD-ROM and USBs?

As a part of security policy we need to disable CD-ROM and USB access for normal users. Only root users should have the access. I could do it by removing the user from the 'cdrom' and 'plugdev' ...
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DVD not detected?

As i insert a DVD in my drive (on a laptop) using Kubuntu 12.04, the DVD is not detected. The drive takes the DVD, I can hear it munching on it for a while, and then nothing. Even ejecting the DVD ...
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12.04.1 CD not recognized as a boot disk

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 as a standalone OS. I cannot get the laptop to recognize the CD as a boot disk. The Chipset is an Intel T5500 which is x64 architecture (have also tried the ...
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how to burn cd with the CD/DVD creator

Is there some trick to burning a cd with the CD/DVD creator? I'm installing k3b because that's a known entity. What is this, and where is the "burn" button? Help just tells me this is Nautilus ...
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How to check if a cdrom is in the tray remotely (via ssh)?

I have a server running Ubuntu 10.04 (it's on the other side of the world and I haven't built up the wherewithal to upgrade it remotely yet) and I have been told that there is a CD in one of it's two ...
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Why don't I have permission to read files on the CD I bought?

I recently bought this book, which came with an accompanying CD. When I try to view the contents of the CD in Ubuntu, I don't have read permission for any of the files. ls -al in the root of the CD ...
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Assigning Drive letter for CD-Drive

I recently bought a CD which needs to run an installation file to run the program. But the anti-piracy system in the CD detects the disc as a virtual or counterfiet disc because Ubuntu does not assign ...
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I cannot install Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS because it cannot mount the CD drive

I tried installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS, and it doesn't work. Well, it does, until the third step, in which it says it cannot mount the CD-ROM drive and tells me to insert the installation disk. I ...
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My DVD drive won't detect any CD media (DVDs seem to work). Is there a way to fix this?

I have a similar problem to what is described here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/dv7-3079wm-BD-DVD-CD-drive-grinding-sound-won-t-read-CD-R-data/td-p/1211755 I have not tried ...
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cdrom is not recognized

I'm running precise pangolin on my laptop and always keep it updated. I've had some problems with the cdrom not being recognized by K3b before, but got it fixed by changing the permissions. But this ...
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My Ubuntu 12.04 installed DVD-RW recorder PATA as SCSI

Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installed DVD-RW recorder PATA as SCSI. My DVD-RW recorder is in /dev/sr0 as SCSI. I opened Disk Management and my IDE PATA drive is installed as SCSI. I can't use this drive ...
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Cannot mount dvd/cd in ubuntu 10.04

I am trying to make my own game server of perfect world and for that i need to Mount the server Files that are on my DVD. But i am using the command mount/dev/cdrom/cdrom it is not mounting saying ...
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disable the cdrom in Ubuntu 11.10 OS

Can anyone help me how to disable the cdrom in Ubuntu 11.10 OS level. I tried searching google but I could not find any solution.
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cdrom mounting issues

This is my very first boot on ubuntu and I noticed the system did not open, pop up anything when I inserted a DVD. Researched a bit about and it seems ubuntu doesn't mount cd drives automatically, is ...
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How can I stop my CD drive ejecting?

When I was using Ubuntu 10.04 I used the command eject -i 1 to prevent the CD drawer being opened when the button was pressed. Now I have upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 this command no longer works. It ...
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CD ROM Drive not detected in Kubuntu 11.10

I am running kubuntu 11.10 on my Pentium M Laptop (Acer Travelmate 292LCi) on an old 20GB HDD. (It's rather less HDD for Kubuntu 11.10, isn't it?) Now, I know from older Linux distributions (like ...
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How to change the permission of my internal cd/dvd drive?

I decided to build my own gui (ubuntu server, openbox and stuff). I am having a permissions problem with my cd drive. When I try to mount it with user privileges it tells me that I'm not allowed. I ...
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Can Brasero damage my drive?

My CD/DVD burner failed after using Brasero to burn a CD (which failed). I've ordered a new drive but was wondering could Brasero have caused the damage? It was probably just a coincidence that my ...
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Can't mount cds after failed Brasero burn

Brasero failed to burn a disk recently, and now I can't access CD-ROMS. Even CD-Rs are not not showing. Using Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell D510 Lattitude laptop. allan@allan-Latitude-D510:~$ cdrecord ...
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Why does my CD Tray keep popping open? [closed]

I have Ubuntu server - Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS and I can't figure out why my CD tray is opening all the time. I have looked into /var/log/auth.log, cron list and found nothing. The eject command closes ...
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How to mount a CD ROM from a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.04.3 server

I am trying to mount the installation CD rom drive using a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.4.3 server to extract additional packages (since I do not have internet active on the server). I plugged the CD ...
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Ubuntu not recognizing cdrom

When i insert cd into my laptop running ubuntu 11.10 nothing happens, there is no device showing that i have inserted the cd. Help, i've read about mountind dev/cdrom and such but nothing of the sort ...
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Can't mount cd/dvd [closed]

When I insert a cd it doesn't mount and I cant access the cd. For example, I've tried both Opensuse cd and Ubuntu cd, and they aren't readable. i know the cds are fine because I installed Ubuntu with ...
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How to Automount folder as C: in Dosbox

I have had a look at the community documentation here and there doesn't seem to be any information about how to "Automount" a folder as the C: drive in Dosbox. Also as a bonus is it possible to ...
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CD/DVD drive not mounted when inserted with Disc of any kind

I just noticed that if a insert a CD or a DVD of any kind, the Drive will start spinning but it will not show the mounted disc. Earlier it used to ask me what to do with the media inserted. Now it ...
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How can I see the contents of an inserted CD?

When opening the CD it doesn't show all files like music and videos etc except power point files. I installed 11.10 Ubuntu using Oracle virtual monitor host OS is windows 7.
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What is opening/closing CD tray? [closed]

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04, and the CD tray opens and closes all by itself. I cannot detect any pattern to when, or why. How can I determine what is causing this, and how can I stop it? ...
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Error when burning cd [closed]

I'm trying tu burn gparted to cd, but every time after it creates the image checksum, the cd is ejected, with the following error The log file can be downloaded from here. I must mention that the ...

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