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difficulty using cd/dvd drive on Zonbu mini

Asked by hd_kimball@yahoo.com

 in my setup, i chose auto plug & play but i'm still having problems using the drive. what is the best way to setup & use cd/dvd drives with Ubuntu? will it be a cumbersome process like mounting each time of use? , in OS it was seamless, you just chose the i/o device at read or write time thanks for any comments. your support has been great!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

There is no "best" ANYTHING in life, there are options, opinions and tastes but there is never a universal best.

Can you have the optical drive attatched (if it is external) and run:

sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive; cat /etc/fstab

What is output?

Thanks

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#2

thanks for your help!
output-
                    harold@harold-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive; cat/etc/fstab
[sudo] password for harold:
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 2.0
       serial: 200704231437C0000807
       size: 3882MiB (4071MB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000b3a11
bash: cat/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
harold@harold-desktop:~$

i'm just a greenhorn, but looks like system is not acknowledging the external cd/dvd drive.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

cat/etc/fstab

is not the command I gave. The command is:

cat /etc/fstab

Note the space

Thanks

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#4

man, you're quick to respond.

harold@harold-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=9f8a0a20-6ad9-464b-a3c0-59979263055c none swap sw 0 0
harold@harold-desktop:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

And there is a CD drive attatched to the system and it's powered on?

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#6

yes sir. blue light on top of drive. able to open/close door.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#7

Is it an internal or an external one ?

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#8

external with a usb connection & power is on! i'm hoping that when i click on 'places 'i'll see the unit ,

thanks

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#9

Run commands:
   cd $HOME # go to home folder
                         # unplug CD drive and wait five seconds
   lsusb > without.lsusb.txt
                         # plug CD drive and wait five seconds
   lsusb > with.lsusb.txt
   diff without.lsusb.txt with.lsusb.txt
and post result of last command. The difference should be USB address of CD drive.
If you get nothing, USB drive is not detected on USB bus.

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#10

thanks delance, will try.

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hd_kimball@yahoo.com (hd-kimball) said : 		#11

Thanks delance, that solved my question.