Re: [OT] Broken CD-ROM drive

2001-01-31 Thread David Wright
Quoting Viktor Rosenfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Anyway, considering that > - I can't boot from CDs anymore using that drive (it works with the same > BIOS settings and CD, but with another drive) > - it worked before I used this machine to bootstrap another one > (exchanging boards, hard disks, an

Re: [OT] Broken CD-ROM drive

2001-01-30 Thread kmself
on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 11:09:01PM +0100, Viktor Rosenfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > Can you read from the CDR from another OS? Can you swap the drive to a > > different system? Have you checked all cables carefully? I mention the > > last because I had a d

Re: [OT] Broken CD-ROM drive

2001-01-30 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Can you read from the CDR from another OS? Can you swap the drive to a > different system? Have you checked all cables carefully? I mention the > last because I had a dead CDR (though it wasn't registering on boot > either) which turned out to have a disconnected I

Re: [OT] Broken CD-ROM drive

2001-01-30 Thread kmself
on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 06:26:33PM +0100, Viktor Rosenfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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 whe

[OT] Broken CD-ROM drive

2001-01-27 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
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,