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I can not access any cd or dvd drives, how can I fix this?

Asked by jimmie_james_42

I can not us4e either CD or DVD drives on my Ubuntu Operating computer. I try to find the drives in the directory, but nothing shows up. The little lights do come on during boot-ups, but after the boot is completed they are no longer operational, or visible on the system. I am at a loss with this issue, because it is so frustrating for me. I am used to Windows operating system bty Micro-soft, but really do not like the monopoly that Micro-soft has in the industry and reallyy do not like thge strangle hold microsoft has on my computer when I use their OS's. I need a little help in understanding how Ubuntu works and the language that operates Ubuntu. Is there an on-line biik that I could down load for this purpose... So i no longer pester people with these problems that I should now how to correct on my own, with out sounding so needy and dense when I ask for help because of my ignorance with the Ubuntu Operating system.

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Pady92 (pady92-gmail) said : 		#1

try
sudo mount /dev/cdrom
 in terminal

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jimmie_james_42 (jimmie-james-42) said : 		#2

i get the following message when I try this Sudo mount /dev/cdrom command... now whaat?

mount: can't find /dev/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

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Abhishek Ameria (ameria2008) said : 		#3

When you do this thing, then the message which you get in some window means that you are not allowed to mount cd, dvd, etc.. without the permission of root account of your system..
Again do the same thing, you will get the same window and you will find the option "Details", click the "Details" option and you will find some commands then
---->Open your terminal type su
---->Type your root password
---->Type the command which you got in "Details" option and press enter
Most probably you will get your problem solved

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jimmie_james_42 (jimmie-james-42) said : 		#4

I AM GETTING TOO MANY ERROR SIGNS NOW!! i AM JUST GOING TOP FORMAT MY HARD DR5IVE AND REBOOT WITH A FRESH INSTALL. tHANKS ANY WAYS FOR YOUR HELP, BUT IT (THE SUGGESTION YOU GAVE) DID NOT WORK.

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jimmie_james_42 (jimmie-james-42) said : 		#5

FORMATTING HARD DRIVE...

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Mike Larry (kookie-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#6

Ok Pady92 i use to have the same problem with Ubuntu 8.04 now i am using 8.10 and now the drive works perfectly, what version of Ubuntu are you using.

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Abhishek Ameria (ameria2008) said : 		#7

I have been using 8.04

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Mike Larry (kookie-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#8

At that time did you try Ubuntu 8.10? now there is Ubuntu 9.04 try it to see if it works for you.

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Harold (hbar12) said : 		#9

Some Ubuntu versions do seem to work better with certain hardware. The Update Manager or Hardware Drivers under System/Administration should help. I hope you hang in there, because I feel the same way you do about having more control over the computer. I am leaning very fast and Ubuntu and Linux are powerful. I'm a lifelong Windows user, so there has been a fair learning curve, but now I'm a few weeks on it's really neat. When you start getting the hang of it I think that you will find it worth the trouble. Here I am answering questions already.
You might email or otherwise contact some of the names on the right who seem knowledgeable. My latest discovery is that you can partition your drive and have two different versions, one on each partition and drag your files back and forth so as not to loose any. If you only install on one half of your disk. you can play with the other half and not lose anything. I always wondered were to put files as a backup. Even if the operating system on one half crashes you can still access your files from the other and just dragging doesn't remove the files from the other half either. Obvious, but you might not have thought of it. You have to try it to see all the perks.
I prefer 9.04 with my HP laptop. New versions come out every six months. Have a great journey. As in Windows with it's sp1, 2 and 3, it's probably better to upgrade than jump to far ahead at once, unless your starting from scratch, and even then you miss out on trying earlier versions. You can download a new version and install it on the other partition and burn it to a disk for a backup also. I had no trouble in going from 8.10, to 9.04 and then to 9.10, but you can't jump.
You could reinstall on one partition and not lose any work on the other. They have a slider that you can move to the middle to get equal halves or whatever you want, but it's hard to see. Of course I'd be glad to help any way I can. I've got Google Earth up and runing now, so that's good. What seems difficult now, turns out to be more power to you then you can get with Windows.

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Harold (hbar12) said : 		#10

Oh, also you can learn a lot from help in Applications/Accessories/Terminal. Terminal is the command prompt. A question mark get help or --help. It wouldn't hurt to try 'apt-get -f install' or, believe it or not just 'appetite'. The up and down arrows seem to work like DosKey. Say, you should soon start having fun with it.