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Re: How do I hotswap media bay devices?



On 26/01/06, Rob Frohne <frohro@wwc.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I notice that if I boot with a CDrom in the media bay I can use it, but
> if I don't, I can't.  Is there a way to get linux to recognize it short
> of rebooting?
>

Sounds like a drive failure to me. I remember vaguely that I had the
same  trouble with a cd rom drive years ago. I changed the drive and
the problem was gone.
What kind of machine do you have, and do you have a spare drive so
that you could swap the CD ROM?



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