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[OT] Broken CD-ROM drive



Hi folks,

sorry for being off topic, but I wouldn't know whereelse to ask ...

I think I'v managed to break my CD-ROM drive.  It get's recognized
correctly by the BIOS and during kernel boot, but when I try to `mount`
a data CD, mount reports "No medium found".  When I try `cdplay` on an
audio CD, it says:

# cdplay
cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom)
cdplay:  CD status is no_disc
#

I get the following message in the kernel logs:

hdb: MATSHITA CR-583, ATAPI CDROM drive         <-- drive get's
recognized
...
hdb: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.09
cdrom: open failed.                             <-- oops
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64)
cdrom: open failed.

And so on ...

So, I figure that there is something wrong with the laser or some
mechanics, since the drive get's recognized correctly.  Any idea, what I
can do about it, apart from putting it into the trash?

Oh yeah, the above commands work as aspected when I put in another drive
(Mitsumi FX400), so it's not something onboard.

TIA,
Viktor
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