Cd/dvd drive not recognized after Ubuntu 9.10 install

cwfrad · 03-01-2010, 05:59 PM

I recently upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 and now my cd/dvd-r drive doesn't exist. When I run sudo lshw -c disk command I get

*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1600AAJB-5
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 58.0
serial: WD-WCAS2A368839
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0000006b
*-cdrom:0
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD Writer 1040r
vendor: HP
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/cdrw1
logical name: /dev/dvd1
logical name: /dev/dvdrw1
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: MH21
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
*-cdrom:1
description: DVD reader
product: DVD-ROM SD-616F
vendor: SAMSUNG
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd1
logical name: /dev/sr1
version: F100
capabilities: removable audio dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 1910MiB (2003MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=2fd96f60

It shows all my drives (including the little usb flash drive) but I can't get to the drives from "computer" all it shows is cdrom0 floppy0 and filesystem

Kenny_Strawn · 03-01-2010, 09:12 PM

Try the following commands:

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/cddrive

sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cddrive

Or, if your CD is formatted in UDF:

Code:

sudo mount -t udf /dev/cdrom /mnt/cddrive

assuming you used mkdir. This will mount the drive from the command line as a workaround.