DVD Writer shows up in K3b but CDs are not being read.
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DVD Writer shows up in K3b but CDs are not being read.
I am trying to burn a CD or a DVD using K3b. K3b sees the writer but continues to ask for a blank disk no matter what disk I try DVD, CD-R etc..
I have tried as user and root with the same results.
Where should I start to track down this problem?
You might test by seeing whether you can burn from the command line using cdrecord. This could help determine whether the problem lies with K3B or might be a larger issue.
When I try to mount the DVD from command line I get the message "special device /dev/dvd0 does not exist" but it does exist, I have it hooked up on its own IDE cable and set as secondary slave, I also have it in fstab. I will try cdrecord from command line and see what happens.
When I try to mount the DVD from command line I get the message "special device /dev/dvd0 does not exist" but it does exist, I have it hooked up on its own IDE cable and set as secondary slave, I also have it in fstab. I will try cdrecord from command line and see what happens.
Just humor me... I haven't worked with an IDE drive in god knows how long... But is it the only device on the IDE cable? To my prior knowledge, if it is the only device on the channel, it should be a primary, not a secondary.
Just humor me... I haven't worked with an IDE drive in god knows how long... But is it the only device on the IDE cable? To my prior knowledge, if it is the only device on the channel, it should be a primary, not a secondary.
I just removed the cdrom from the cable and moved the jumper on the DVD to make it the Primary. I rebooted and checked the bios and it shows the DVD as the Primary. The hard drive is on its own cable connected to the Motherboard.
I installed a slackware boot up disk and tried to boot from the DVD but it will not, it did boot with the CDROM I had on the same cable.
To rule it out, I would take out the DVD drive and see if you still have the same problem with just the CD drive in by itself. I always like to start off small so I can rule out the simple things. Hopefully you get this figured out man, unless it is a driver problem.
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