After a long battle with technology, Josh Nalli wrote: > On Sunday 22 June 2008 11:27:20 am Matt Graham wrote: >> After a long battle with technology, Donn wrote: >>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Josh Nalli wrote: >>>> How come my computer doesnt recognize my dvd-r? it recognizes a cd-r. >> There is not quite enough information here to really diagnose the >> problem. Is the DVD-+R IDE, SATA, or USB2? Does it work for reading >> Better: Check the output of "dmesg | grep DVD" and make sure the kernel >> has recognized the device. > what is a DVD-+R? I said it was a DVD-R. A DVD-+R can read and write DVD+R and DVD-R discs. Most modern DVD drives that can write discs can write both kinds. If your drive can only write DVD-R discs, your drive is an old drive, and that makes things a tad more difficult in a number of ways. It also means the likelihood of hardware failure is higher. Post the exact output of "dmesg | grep -i dvd" so we don't have to guess as to what is happening here. > What does sata or usb have to do with it? A lot. IDE devices were always named in the same way. SCSI-like devices could be named differently in different contexts depending on a large number of factors. Bad device naming may be behind the problems you are seeing. You have not provided enough information for me to make a good diagnosis, though. > I said that it can read cd-r's. So yes. it can read discs... Older DVD-R and DVD+R units sometimes had trouble reading CD-Rs, while they could read DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, and DVD{-,+}Rs well. Modern drives should not have this problem, but I have an older DVD+R drive that will not read PSX discs. It'll read CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW, but not PSX. Optical drives can have strange and weird bugs, which should not surprise you. -- The early bird who catches the worm works for someone who comes in late and owns the worm farm. --Travis McGee My blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org/wordpress/ Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss