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 <j.nalli@cox.net> 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.
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