[COLUG] AOpen DVD drive issue

[Zane C.B.]

On Wed, 9 May 2007 22:01:25 -0400
Dave <dave256 at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> I got a new custom computer (from TCR in Pickerington) for my
> wife's office and am having issues with the DVD drive. I burned a
> DVD of CentOS 5 and it loads ok and brings up the first screen, but
> once I select to install from the "CD-ROM" drive, it says it needs
> a driver. So I created an image of the DVD on my Mac and did an ftp
> install which worked fine.
> 
> After the installation, I still can't get the DVD drive to
> recognize any disks. I put a music CD in and it didn't recognize
> that either. I'll need to call TCR tomorrow to get the exact specs,
> but the invoice says it's an 18X DVD +/-R/RW IDE burner and the
> label on it says it's an AOpen. I can't even identify the drive at
> aopen.com for certain. And a google search for aopen dvd burner
> driver didn't turn up anything useful. I've never had an issue with
> CD or DVD drives with Linux before (although this is the first time
> in a couple years that I've installed Linux - and the first with a
> DVD burner) so I'm stumped.
> 
> The hard drive shows is /dev/sda - there's no other /dev/sd and
> no / dev/cdrom, or /dev/dvd anything after the install.
> 
> Any ideas? It's not crucial that I get it working, but I would
> like them to be able to burn backups to it.

Check the cables and make sure the drive is jumpered correctly along
with the jumpers on any other devices on the same cable. If nothing
still sees it, it is most likely a bad drive.