[COLUG] AOpen DVD drive issue

[Zane C.B.]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 13:28:50 -0400
Dave <dave256 at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> 
> On May 10, 2007, at 4:23 AM, Zane C.B. wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> The BIOS sees it and it boots off the DVD to start the
> installation so the drive is ok. I actually bought a couple
> computers (all the same) and they all have the same problem so I'm
> wondering if it really is a driver issue. TCR says it's a normal
> IDE drive. I stuck a Windows XP CD to test it and it got most past
> the first reboot before I aborted the installation. The hard drive
> is SATA so there the DVD is the only IDE device.
> 
> I got a SATA DVD drive from TCR and the installation is working.
> If that doesn't work after the install, I'll post again, but if I
> don't follow-up that means everything worked.
> 
> Anyone still have any other ideas on why the IDE drive wouldn't
> work.

If there are driver issues, I severely doubt it is with the drive.

I would begin to expect something is funky with the controller driver
then.

My problem with saying it is a hardware issue is there is more than
one machine doing it.