Hi friends,

I am trying to read the data from CDROM drive but it showing the
message like device not found. I tried mounting the device in
/dev/cdrom. Please help me.

Thanks,
JaY

how did you mount?

under root I executed " mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom "

I assume that /etc/fstab entry not mandatory for manual mounting.
Also I am sure that there is no problem with my CDROM.

Following is the content of " fstab " file
LABEL=/1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/cad1 /cad ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/opt1 /opt ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/usr1 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/var1 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=SWAP-sda9 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Following information may also be useful obtained from " dmesg | grep hda"

hda: ATAPI DVD A DH18A1P, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x54
ATAPI device hda:
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 0
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x54
ATAPI device hda:
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 0
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x54
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Note: I visited many forums, many similar post are there but NO solution.

Cheers and Thanks.
JaY

Did you tried with another cd ?
This one seems broken, or the drive is broken.
Can you read the cd on another computer?

I think your dmesg data indicates possible h/w failure. See the following: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroup.../msg00004.html

(1) Why is that?

(2) Have you tried: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom

I tested the CD too in another mcomp., CD is OK.
My CDROM is also OK i guess, because some day befor
I played some media file using mplayer.

I want to understand the demsg( This may gives some hints about prob.):

ATAPI device hda:
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 0
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x54"

Thanks for your kind Coop.
JaY

(2) I tried the option, same message "No medium Found "
(1) I tested this following way. I have two system with RedHatLinux 2.6
both of the system are showing same message for OK CD. Thats why it
seems that H/W problem is less chance.

Thanks for Helping me out,
J A Y

What kind of CD is in the player? I mean, you tested the CD player with an audio CD in mplayer in this machine and it worked, now you have a data CD with a known filesystem (like a boot CD) and it doesn't mount in this machine but it mounts in another computer, correct?

You could try swapping the CD player with the one in the other machine to see if the problem stays with the machine or the drive.

What format is the CD? NTFS?

From all above post I just want to note down some of the possible reason:

1) CDROM is damaged
2) CD itself is damaged
3) Filesystem of CD like iso9660, NTFS etc.
4) Underlying H/W problem like wire disconnection
5) mount process( improper command in shell)
6) May be something else

Test for all above are as following:
1) Try reading many number of CD of variuos format(like media, Data CDs)
in my case my CDROM is OK
2) CD is not damged, i troed it in some other comp it is OK.
3) Filesystem: I am not sure about the filesystem ( !I am very much clear in concept)
4) I think there is no Prolem
5) mount process is correct

Note: Actually I am worried about the dmesg, because this sort of error was not there in other OK system.

ATAPI device hda:
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 0
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x54

Thanks You ALL
JAY...

Which system are you using? Are you confident about the device naming on your machine? The hda name is usually associated with the first IDE drive - normally your main hard disk...

This could be that your kernel has problem with SATA drive. I know it sounds like nothing to do with your CDROM, but try booting your system with:

boot: linux all-generic-ide

This might force the kernel to "re-think" its understanding of the hardware...