Richard England wrote:
but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop?
It is shown by lshal:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' (string) info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' (string)
When I do lshal in my F8 box I get this (way down in the output):
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_R1312' access_control.file = '/dev/sr0' (string) block.device = '/dev/sr0' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/sg0' (string)
I'm just curious: do you get any of that?
Yes, I do get that:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' access_control.file = '/dev/sr0' (string) access_control.grant_local_session = true (bool) block.device = '/dev/sr0' (string)
I did actually know /dev/cdrom was a link to /dev/sr0, but I get the same result when trying to mount the latter:
[root@alfred tim]# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom mount: No medium found
I guess there may be something wrong with the drive. It's rather ancient. I'll try it in another machine.
I'm coming in late on this, but is there a CD (media) in the drive when you try the mount command?
Yes, there was a CD in the drive, in fact it was the Fedora KDE Live CD, which I was trying to boot from.
I tried it in another drive in the same machine, and it did boot from the CD.
So I guess there is something wrong with the drive.