Compact discs (CDs) are a form of removable media that has been integral to the computer world for over two decades. CDs have the ability to store data and most computers today have an optical drive for reading and writing data to a CD.
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Cannot view, use, or open CDs or DVDs in Ubuntu 12.04
I am fairly new to Ubuntu 12.04 and I have encountered a rather irritating problem. Whenever I insert a CD or DVD (whether it have data, music, movies, or nothing at all), nothing pops up saying "you ...
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Determine CD/DVD burn date
How can I determine the date when a CD/DVD was written?
I have already tried Disc info in Nero4Linux and cdrecord -v dev=xxx -toc, but unfortunately none of them gave me the answer.
I know there ...
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Deja Dup Backup to Cd/Dvd Possible or Not?
I started to use Linux/Ubuntu 12.04 last week. I'm a new comer. I liked this O.S. But I have a question which I couldn't find the answer here and by google search.
The question is "Can I get scheduled ...
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CD RIP SLOW on Ubuntu 12.04. How can I increase ripping speed?
I'm trying to rip an audio cd from my old library but when I try (with every app) to do that, the process is too slow. For 2 tracks it need more than 2 hour and then it crash!
I tried to make:
$ ...
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Unable to save anything to CD, disc mounts as Read-Only
I have recently upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits and now I can't save nothing to CD.
The CD is mounted automatically when I introduce a CD-ROM but in gnome-disks shows:
$ dmesg | grep sr0
sr0: ...
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How can I find what process is trying to write to a CD that's offline?
I've got a Virtual CD which can mount remote media via IPMI. After doing an install of Ubuntu 12.10 I'm getting this error every 2 sec in the syslog and on the console:
[628.890722] sr 6:0:0:0: ...
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'Error Splicing File: Input/Output Error' When Copying from a CD
I'm trying to copy some files from a CD to my harddrive, but I keep getting the error:
Error Splicing File: Input/Output Error
The files ARE still copying, but only at about 2.5kB/s and the CD drive ...
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Can i emulate a CD-ROM through a USB cable to another computer?
So I was wondering if anyone out there knew a way to do something like the following
1. Mount ISO/DVD on Host
2. share through a USB connection: Making the client think the USB connection is a native ...
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Can't boot into 12.04
My laptop is Benq with Windows XP. The CD-ROM is not working and my BIOS can't support booting from USB. What should I do?
I tried to mount the ISO file that I downloaded. It auto-runs and prompts me ...
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Cd writer not showing in ftab
Hi I'm using the april edition of ubuntu 12.04
When i try to use my cd it's not detected
It shows up in disk manager, it is not listed in fstab,when
i did a checkdisk for devise it gave the ...
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Can't find iso file to burn CD
I want to use Ubuntu to format an external HDD to EXT3, but not to run on my PC. I downloaded Infrarecorder and the windows installer download on the Ubuntu download page. after rebooting ...
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Unable to auto or manually mount a blank DVD; blank CDs are fine
A DVD with any data on it, an iso file, backup data, whatever, will mount properly after being inserted into the CD/DVD drive. A blank one will not. A blank CD will show up properly in the 'Places' ...
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cannot boot into ubuntu
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 onto my Acer Aspire 5735Z. I have downloaded and burned the image to a CD (correctly as per your guide).
I have set my bios to boot CD first, disabled quite boot, ...
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Linux installation specific questions not answered online?
I need to know if i create a Live usb bootable distro with persistence files, can i later use the usb to install the distro to the hard drive?
If so will the persistence files install the distro in ...
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How do I transfer temporary CD files to bootable USB?
I created a CD with 12.04 and downloaded (and installed) a bunch of stuff. In Ubuntu, (running from the CD) I created a bootable USB with 12.10. How to I transfer my previously downloaded files to the ...
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Ubuntu does not start from CD
Installed 11.10, I tried to start 12.04 from CD but just got the purple screen with color changing dots and then name Ubuntu.
CD drive control LED shows 2 seconds with 5 seconds pause... Drive ...
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How to move one directory back when path contains symlink
I want to move one directory back in Thunar when I get into by symbolic link. I know that in terminal I can use cd -P but I want to obtain this behavior in Thunar.
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Disk Utility. Format CD-RW to blanck : Error creating filesystem
I got this error when I went to format a rewritable cd with Disk utility.
Disk was unmounted as demanded.
Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1:
Error calling fsync(2) on ...
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My laptop wont boot from ubuntu installation disc
I just burned Ubuntu 12.10 x64 to a DVD (cd is too small) and put it in my laptop. When I rebooted, there was a violet screen and that keyboard logo. And then a black screen with _ in top left corner. ...
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Why won't Kubuntu load my CD?
I'm running Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS and Kubuntu hasn't recognised my CD!
Here are the results of a sudo fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 ...
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Mac Bootable CD not loading
I''m trying to install (dualboot) Ubuntu on my Macbook with installed Mac OS X Mountain Lion with Intel processors, and am running into some issues. I can burn the disk .iso fine, but when the problem ...
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ubuntu boot cd unable to burn on disk utility
I have downloaded the Iso file of ubuntu and I am trying to burn a boot cd from disk utility the burn goes all the way to the end and right before ejecting cd it read
Burn failed
2012-08-19 20:13:27 ...
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Unable to boot from CD
I have just downloaded the Ubuntu file from the website and burned onto a cd. restarted my computer and got the computer to load from the CD drive but it sits on black screen for about 2 mins then ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't install on my laptop with Win-7
I have a hp Probook 4410s with Windows 7 as default OS. For the last two years I have Ubuntu side by side and the latest version was 11.10. I wanted to upgrade to 12.04 by installing wubi, which ...
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Can't get Audio CD Extractor to open when I insert a CD
When I insert a CD I want Audio CD Extractor to open. Right now Banshee opens.
I've gone to System Settings, Removable Media and I have chosen Audio CD Extractor for how CD Audio media should be ...
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“BusyBox initramfs” prompt while attempting to install from live CD on 2nd HDD
I've created a partition in ext3 on my second HDD to install Linux.
However, when I come to boot the CD, I get directed to a BusyBox prompt with no other choice than help.
Other topics I've read on ...
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CD dirve not mounted
CD drive not mounted afetr I moved to Kubuntu 12.10. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5670. Any suggestions, guys?
Thanks
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Server 12.10 64B install carom issue USB INSTALL
After the install does [ DETECTING CD-ROM DRIVES ] it then gives me an error saying that it can't mount the cd-rom or whatever, I am installing from USB
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CD contents not showing through PlayOnLinux
I was trying to install Age of Empires III through PlayOnLinux, and everything was working fine. I entered the path for the disk, but when it asked me for the second disk, the paths weren't working.
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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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13.04 does not recognise installation CD
I burned downloaded ISO to a CD and installed Ubuntu 13.04 from this disc.
When updating software (broadcom WIFI) the system asks me to load the "Raring Ringtail CD" - which I do, however Ubuntu ...
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Trouble installing Ubuntu 13.04 from DVD
After having a virtual version of Ubuntu 12.04 on my Windows 7 computer for a while, I intended to install Ubuntu 13.04 on the computer itself today in parallel with Windows 7.
Since I don't have a ...
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installing ubuntu from dvd
i have downloaded ubuntu to give it a go on a spare pc.
i followed the instructions and set up a dvd. it works and brings up the demo page if you put it in a pc already booted up, but i can not get ...
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Installing Call of Duty 1 with CD, error while changing CD :(
So, I am new with Ubuntu and all, and I'm trying to install Call of Duty 1 with the installation key. I have Wine installed and I open the CD file with it. It starts installing, everything is fine. ...
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missing CD/DVD storage in ubuntu 12.04 (VMWare)
The CDROM does not show up and I know I need to mount it but there is no mount point '/dev/cdrom' - am I looking for the wrong mount point? Do I need to create the mount point?
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Install task from server installation CD
I have installed ubuntu server 12.04 from cd and selected just openssh-server during installation, now I want to install lamp-server and samba-server on it. This Server is without internet connection. ...
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If I have a CD or ipod can I put the music on it on to Ubuntu one?
I have a CD and ipod with a bunch of music that I would like to have put on to Ubuntu one is there any way I could do that so I do not have to go back to windows or mac to uses my ipod.
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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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After installing Ubuntu side by side with Win 8 (UEFI) lost the boot option to boot from removable media in EFI settings
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 side by side with Windows 8 on my laptop. Initially to get the computer to boot from a disk I had to go add the option in the EFI settings. Now that I've successfully ...
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Burning a Mp3 audio CD in Ubuntu12.10
Brsero or K3B by default take note of the total play time, hence even if your total content is less than 700 MB but play time is more than 80 min the contents can not be burnt. But making a data CD ...
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Ubuntu reads all my CD-R as blanks
I have recently burned a couple of cd's with Ubuntu only .mp3 files in them but now I wanted to try them on my Ubuntu PC and it still tells me they are empty. I tried them on a Windows based PC an it ...
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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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DVD CD rom not working
Im a windows user but switched to Ubuntu less than a week ago and loving it so please answer me in the simplest way possible:
Im using a Dell Dimension E521 to run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit and its all ...
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Temperamental Optical device?
My laptop has a Bluray as optical device, and I've seen them so far. However, today I tried to listen an audio CD and this is not recognised.
I found a similar post, with no answer!
Can someone help ...
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Media players doesn't see audio CD
After upgrading to 12.04 Banshee 2.4.1 and Rhytmbox don't show anymore my audio CD. I can play them with mplayer in command line or VLC. More over nautilus doesn't show them automatically. I have to ...
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How to dual boot with Mac OS X?
I have a live 12.04 CD, when I try to install it, it doesn't give the option to dual boot. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Cant mount audio cd in ubuntu 12.04
My cd/dvd can mount dvds but no audio cds, it displays the following:
humannoise@humannoise-W251ESQ-W270ESQ:~$ sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/external -o uid=1000
mount: block device ...
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Upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 using CD fails .
Am attempting to upgrade my current 11.04 ubuntu OS to 11.10. Coz of poor internet connection, i couldn't upgrade it using the same. When I try to upgrade using Ubuntu 11.10 CD, though the CD gets ...
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DVD's play fine, audio cd's not recognized in uberstudent
I have tried multiple cd's to no avail. Dvd's work perfect on the same drive. I am new to linux commands and such however I have followed several mounting and test outputs for the drive. Media is not ...
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Why won't minimal CD work?
I burned the .iso to a USB drive and was able to start booting it, but a a blank purple screen came up and there was no more progress. I left and came back 10 hours later, and nothing had changed.
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