Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive
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Nigel Henry wrote:
> I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently appeared
> to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying to mount a
> data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and that played ok,
> but now I find that the cdplayer just says "no disc". Neither can I boot live
> cd's now, even though the cdrom is first to boot from.
>
> The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, and
> dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of
> different stuff about the drive.
>
> I havn't changed the cable yet, just unplugged, and replugged it from both
> ends. When I put a disc in the green light comes on for a bit, and there is a
> touch of HD activity, and another couple of flickers of the light.
>
> Is there some CLI tool in Debian Etch, or Lenny that I can use to thoroughly
> check out the cdrom drive?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions, including telling me that the darned thing has
> died.
>
I don't know if this will help you or not, but keep in mind that the
Linux kernel treats all devices like files, so you can just open a
terminal and cd to the CD (pun). Usually it will be /media/cdrom which
is a symlink to /media/cdrom0. In older systems it was always
/mnt/cdrom, but whatever it is, it doesn't really matter. Can you ls
the files on the data cd by doing:
ls /media/cdrom
?
It seems to me that if the drive can play audio CD's then it *should* be
able to read data CD's too.
Joe
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