quad-64 CD/DVD

[Tyler Aviss]

You need to have the appropriate driver modules loaded for whatever
filesystem the CD-ROM is using (ISO9660 etc)
If the user can't access the disk, he/she probably needs to be a part
of an appropriate group, e.g. the "cdrom" group, that owns the CD-ROM
device



On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Zbigniew Koziol<softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>>
>> | From: Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>
>> | There is a new quad-64 at work.
>>
>> What's a quad-64?  Do you mean a PC running something like an intel
>> Core 2 quad q6600?
>>
>> | There are a few issues there, but lets take one at a time.
>> | | I installed it without problems (Centos 5.3, 64-bit version)
>> | | Now, when the system is installed, I can not use as a user CDROM (root
>> would
>> | do).
>> | | When a valid CD/DVD is inserted, I am politely told that it is a blank
>> one.
>> | | I checked for all possible file axcess permissions. I googled a lot.
>>
>> Normally in Centos (if I remember correctly) the user logged in on the
>> main console gets ownership of things like CD drives.
>>
>> If a data CD is inserted, and it isn't blank, you should not be told
>> that it is blank.  Is this a data CD and does it contain an ISO9660
>> file system (perhaps that is what you meant by "valid")?  If so, you
>> might have a hardware problem.
>>
>>
>
> When I insert an installation disk, the computer will boot from it.
>
> I have already the system installed.
>
> When I insert (while using the already installed system) _any_ _good_ CD/DVD
> I get that it is a blank one.
>
> I can for instance boot from installation DVD, but after the successful(!)
> installation I can not use the same DVD to view its content. The disk is
> reported to be blank.
>
> zb.
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