Replacing CD Drive with DVD drive

[Keith Clark]

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 11:37 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 13/05/10 07:10, Keith Clark wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 15:39 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >    
> >> On 12/05/10 12:10, Keith Clark wrote:
> >>      
> >>> I'm trying to replace a CD drive with a DVD drive but I'm not having
> >>> much luck with it.
> >>>
> >>> It (Ubuntu 10.04) does not seem to see the drive, or at least it does
> >>> not auto install it or mount it.
> >>>
> >>> I see no entries in my fstab regarding the drive (or even the old CD
> >>> drive).
> >>>
> >>> I do have a /cdrom directory, and a /media/cdrom directory.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure where to go from here.
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> There really is no difference between a CDROM and a DVD reader, at least
> >> not nowadays. The CD will read DVDs and vice-versa.
> >>
> >> The unit, just like an HD, has jumpers to configure it as either a
> >> Master or Slave or for Cable Select. How is yours configured? Compare it
> >> to the setting on the CDROM which you are replacing (I know, it means
> >> removing the cover from the box....)
> >>
> >>      
> > Yes, jumpers match.  The CDROM that is being replaced was on Cable
> > Select.  I've set the DVD drive to match.
> >
> >    
> >> In /dev you should find some entries as symlinks (@cdrom, eg) which will
> >> point at sr0 or sr1. The first, sr0, will be the CROM and sr1 will be
> >> the DVD burner (assuming that you do have a burner installed).
> >>
> >>      
> > In /dev all I have is sr0
> >
> > Here is my /etc/mtab with a disc in the drive:
> >
> > /dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0
> > proc /proc proc rw 0 0
> > none /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
> > none /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
> > none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0
> > none /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0
> > none /dev devtmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 0 0
> > none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
> > none /var/run tmpfs rw,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0
> > none /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
> > none /lib/init/rw tmpfs rw,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0
> > binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev
> > 0 0
> > gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/keithclark/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
> > rw,nosuid,nodev,user=keithclark 0 0
> >
> > I'm not sure what to try next.
> >    
> 
> OK, baby steps to start with... :-) .
> 
> Does the unit have power - is the power connector inserted properly? 
> When booting does the power light on the unit come on momentarily?
> 

Yes

> (When you boot, go into the BIOS and see if the BIOS is recognising the 
> unit.)
> 

BIOS sees it just fine.

> If it is a new unit then it may need to be connected with an 80-wire 
> cable - is the cable the old 40-wire type or the 80-wire type (or is it 
> SATA)?
> 
>  From the above I gather that you only have the one HD and that the ROM 
> is therefore the slave to it on the same cable (which plugs into the 
> motherboard). Is the HD configured as Cable select or Master? (Cable 
> select means the unit becomes either Master or Slave depending where on 
> the cable the unit is connected.) *OR* is the HD on its own cable and 
> the CD/DVD on a separate cable?
> 
DVD drive is master and HD is slave on the same cable.

> Oh, forgot the obvious question: are we dealing here with a desktop or a 
> laptop computer?
> 

Desktop

> BC
> 
> -- 
> The best defence against logic is ignorance.
> 
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