[Leaplist] linux can not read data DVDs???

[Mark W. Alexander]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 03:03:58PM -0500, pberry2 at cfl.rr.com wrote:
> ray wrote:
[snip]
> >ray at debian64:~$ sudo mount -t udf /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1
> >mount: No medium found
> >
> >
> >still no  luv...
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
[snip]
> 
> When I find "No medium found" errors, I change out the optical unit, 
> because it means that the laser is burned out, or the circuitry is blown.
> Or, in a rare instance, that the firmware is faulty. 

Or you're linked to the wrong device. Check dmesg.

mwa
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