Hi guys, my first post here=) I installed Opensuse 10.2 yesterday but after the installation, I can't get my CDROM to work! I can't find it anywhere. It worked fine with my Windows XP though. I've tried many methods posted here but still it doesn't work.

I got totally nothing in my /mount. And I dont have hda

Content of /etc/fstab:

/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/system/root / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/system/home /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/system/swap swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0


Content of dmesg | grep hd:

ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1810-0x1817, BIOS settings: hdaio, hdbio
SCSI device sda: 117231408 512-byte hdwr sectors (60022 MB)
SCSI device sda: 117231408 512-byte hdwr sectors (60022 MB)
SCSI device sdb: 78140160 512-byte hdwr sectors (40008 MB)
SCSI device sdb: 78140160 512-byte hdwr sectors (40008 MB)


I have no idea where my cdrom has gone...Please help! Thanks=)

You should add the cdrom to your fstab file:

/dev/hdb /mnt/dvd auto noauto,ro,user 0 0

Those are the settings i use for my dvdrom on Gentoo.

try this:

tux Desktop # dmesg | grep hda
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf400-0xf407, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbMA
hda: BENQ DVD LS DW1655, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
hda_codec: Unknown model for AD1988, trying auto-probe from BIOS...

tux Desktop # dmesg | grep hdb
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf400-0xf407, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbMA
hdb: BENQ DVD-ROM 16X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdb: ATAPI 50X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache

Also do in /dev from konsole:

ls -l | grep hd

And see if something like this pops up:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 25 2007 dvd -> hdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 25 2007 dvd1 -> hda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 25 2007 dvdrw1 -> hda
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 3, 0 Feb 25 2007 hda
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 3, 64 Feb 25 2007 hdb

thanks! but i dont have /dev/hdb, i dont have anything like hda,hdb... in /dev

output of both "dmesg | grep hda" and "dmesg | grep hda" is:
linux:/dev # dmesg | grep hda
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1810-0x1817, BIOS settings: hdaio, hdbio

output of ls -l | grep hd:
crw------- 1 root root 10, 130 2006-11-25 20:17 watchdog

It looks like your primary IDE controller is detected ... but it is not detecting the drive attached.

Is it set/jumpered as a master or slave on the first IDE controller ??

I believe it's a master on IDE.

Hmmm, I wonder if your kernel has support for IDE CD-ROM ???
I would assume that this would be enabled as a default ... if you can check your kernel config just in case.

Thanks buddy you are great!! IDECD is only supported as a module, not built-in. I'm configuring the kernel now, hope my cdrom will work soon!=)

it should work anyway whether its built in or as a module (at least it does for me)...

and did you try:
mount /dev/cdrom <mount point>

thats what i use to mount mine

i reconfigured the kernel and it did work for a while and i can find a hda in my /dev, but after reboot, the hda is gone again! i dont know what to do now ~><~ and oh, i dont have /dev/cdrom....

hmmm... the only thing i could suggest is to make sure its enabled in the BIOS and maybe even check the IDE/power supply connections to the drive...but then again if it ejects then the connection is most likely not the problem...