[PLUG] "No medium found"

Derek Loree derek at infotects.com
Tue May 21 17:36:44 UTC 2002


On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 10:24, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> | > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Robert Kopp wrote:
> | >
> | > | My CD-RW plays music CD's and reads files from
> | > them
> | > | when the CD is not mounted. However, when a CD is
> | > | mounted (even as root) it gives the message: "No
> | > | medium found." Has anyone else encountered such a
> | > | problem? My kernel version is 2.4.13, if that
> | > gives
> | > | any insight.
> | >

> | Audio CD's are the only ones that work, because they
> | do not have to be mounted. CD's which have to be
> | mounted do not work.
> | =====
> 
> Sorry, I misunderstood the problem.
> but now I don't have a clue...
> Anyone else?
> 
Is it an ATAPI or a SCSI drive?  How are you mounting it, as an IDE
device (/dev/hd?) or as a SCSI device (/dev/sg?)?  I've has some luck
reading data from a CDR by mounting it as /dev/hd?.  YMMV.

Good Luck

Derek Loree





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