[ale] Debian 2.6.8/Plextor dvd help please

[Sergio Chaves]

A friend here at work had similar problems under same kernel version.
I can not remember what distro it was.
Updated kernel and "voila", it started working ;o)

Have you tried a recent "Knoppix-like" live CD to test it?

I had a problem once where I had an IDE card (pci) and plugged my DVD
writer to it. The Bios was ok with it but linux, Mandrake 10,  did not 
like it at all.

Changed things around and installed DVD as a single device, master,
directly to motherboard and it was happy burning to me afterwards :o)

my 2 cents

Jim Seymour wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Just got a shiny new Plextor dvd writer and cannot find it to mount it
>correctly. I have looked around and have not been able to find an
>answer. This is a system with scsi hard and tape drives and the new dvd
>writer and floppy on the ide system. The kernel is a 2.6.8 Debian stock.
>So far I have not been able to determine what device the dvd writer is
>using. The usual suggestions of hdc (It is the master on the secondary
>channel) have not found the drive. I can see it identified in the bios
>boot messages so i guess it is connected correctly. Any advice or
>reading suggestions appreciated :-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jim Seymour
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