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dvd drive not recognised

Asked by james burton

ubuntu 12.04 installed and updated in a sony vaio vgn-sz330p and it doesn't see the dvd drive in disk utility or any where... please advise.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of :

sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#2

how do i find the information you request... sorry super noob here.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

its a terminal command. press CTRL + ALT + T

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#4

it gives me the hard drive info and then says "No LSB modules are available." and then goes on w/ubuntu info.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Yes, can you please copy and paste the output here. Thanks

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#6

 description: ATA Disk
       product: ST9120821AS
       vendor: Seagate
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 3.14
       serial: 5PL22BQ8
       size: 111GiB (120GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00063059
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux torque-VGN-SZ330P 3.5.0-34-generic #55~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 7 16:32:06 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Is the drive detected in BIOS?

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#8

how do i check? when i go to the go drop down and click computer i used to see the file system and disc drive (in older version of linux) but now all i see is the file system and no other drive.

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#9

how do i check? when i go to the go drop down and click computer i used to
see the file system and disc drive (in older version of linux) but now all
i see is the file system and no other drive.

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> Your question #230659 on gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+question/230659
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> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Is the drive detected in BIOS?
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

Its before any OS loads, before Grub.

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james burton (saytonic) said : 		#11

is there a way to "force" it to see it or should i do a whole new re-install or...?

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