Drive that can used to read CD (compact disk) drive.
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6answers
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CD tray won't open. What can I do?
That's about it. Whenever I press the eject button on my cd player, nothing happens. CD player is not the cause of the problem because this never happens to me under Windows. Any suggestions?
In ...
7
votes
2answers
779 views
Unable to mount Audio Disc
When I insert an audio disc, I get this message:
Unable to mount Audio Disc
Location is not mountable
I use ubuntu 10.10
What can I do to fix this?
Thanks.
7
votes
5answers
643 views
Can you tell whether I have a hardware or software problem with a DVD-ROM drive?
Trying to copy the content of a DVD on a Asrock ION 330 running Maverick, i.e. with:
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=dvdcopy
...I get errors in /var/log/messages:
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445966] ...
7
votes
2answers
12k views
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 ...
6
votes
2answers
2k views
Opening CD-ROM with bash code
I have copied this bunch of code from one funny video clip about How does a programmer swing his baby. The code is following:
#!/bin/bash
while [ l=l ]
do
#eject cdrom
eject
#pull cdrom ...
6
votes
4answers
1k views
How to diagnose problems with a DVD drive?
I'm having trouble playing DVDs. I've installed all the libraries and whatnot (ubuntu-restricted-extras, libdvdcss2, libdvdread4, etc.). I was getting a lot of I/O errors on my DVD drive at startup ...
6
votes
2answers
296 views
How to disable cd drive check after resuming from suspend?
After resuming from suspend, my laptop performs a check on the CD drive. I currently do not use it that much, so I am wondering if there is a way I can disable the said check after my laptop resumes ...
5
votes
2answers
2k views
Any way to upgrade from 9.04 to 10.10 with no CD drive?
My CD drive is broken and i am still on 9.4 and i want to update or clean install straight to 10.10. I do not care how I upgrade as long as i do not havew to use a CD drive or install the previous ...
5
votes
2answers
572 views
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 ...
4
votes
2answers
435 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
362 views
How to setup my box for DVD-RAM media packetwriting?
I can't find any information that's more recent than 2 years on how to setup packetwriting for my DVD-RAM drive. I like DVD-RAMs for reliable backups and hope to set it up correctly. I tried with some ...
3
votes
1answer
238 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
270 views
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.
3
votes
1answer
237 views
How do I rip CDs with Sound Juicer over X11 forwarding?
I am trying to rip a CD with Sound Juicer over X11 forwarding (CD is in the desktop across the room, I'm SSHing in from my laptop), but Sound Juicer cannot find my CD drive. It works correctly when I ...
3
votes
2answers
369 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
621 views
“Unable to mount Audio Disc Location is unmountable” error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unable to mount Audio Disc
I've lost use of my cdrom player in Ubuntu 10.10. The message is "Unable to mount Audio Disc Location is unmountable". How can I correct ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
492 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
340 views
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.
2
votes
3answers
176 views
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' ...
2
votes
2answers
912 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
184 views
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) ...
2
votes
1answer
31 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
389 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
351 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
412 views
How can I create a symlink to the location that Ubuntu 10.10 mounts a CD?
In Ubuntu 10.10, when I insert a CD or DVD into my optical drive, the system mounts the CD in a folder called /media/XYZ where XYZ is the disk's label. This has cause problems with Wine, as in order ...
1
vote
1answer
105 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
50 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
246 views
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)
...
1
vote
1answer
94 views
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?
1
vote
2answers
353 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
986 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
497 views
Boot failure on installation from a burned iso image
I'm encountering boot failure while trying to install a Linux distro from a CD. I'm using an older PC; here are its specs:
HP Pavilion a255c 2.66GHz CPU, 512MB RAM with a BIOS revision of 6/30/2003
...
1
vote
0answers
425 views
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) ...
1
vote
0answers
95 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
141 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
223 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
582 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
185 views
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?
...
1
vote
1answer
95 views
What could be causing background CD drive access? [closed]
I've got a brand new clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 running on a 6-year-old HP laptop. Everything works fine with one exception: periodically (say once or twice an hour) the machine will completely ...
1
vote
0answers
287 views
Audio cd's auto-mount but data cd's don't [closed]
I was using my computer fine the other day to burn some iso images using brasso.
Today when I insert a data cd it doesn't show up but audio cd's are fine.
I can find the dvd-rom using disk utility ...
1
vote
0answers
414 views
Installer asks me to insert installation CD that is already in the CD drive [closed]
I am trying to do a clean install of 11.04 (server). in the middle of the install I get the request to insert "Ubuntu-Server 11.04 Natty Narwhal - Release i386 (20110426)" in the /media/cdrom drive. ...
1
vote
3answers
2k views
How do you install a USB CD Rom drive?
I recently purchased a USB CD ROM drive, but I don't know how to get it to work with my computer which runs Ubuntu 10.04.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00303H908/ref=oss_product
When I issue the ...
0
votes
2answers
868 views
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 ...
0
votes
3answers
742 views
How to install proprietary drivers via Cdrom on a netbook?
I need to install the internet card drivers on my netbook the problem is that it dosent have cd tray so I can't install them via the Cd or atleast I dont know where to mount the iso so Ubuntu ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
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 ...
0
votes
3answers
5k views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
851 views
Unable to mount audio disk (DBus error)
I'm not able to play audio CDs on my Lenovo x301. When I insert them I get this error:
DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
How do ...
