> >> jue, mar 18, 2010 at 06:07:20 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan dijo: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm experiencing this problem from quite a long time. But > >> I don't know why. > >> > >> I have a LG DVD Writer. It supports writing and reading DVD-R DVD+R > >> DVD-RW DVD+RW, all CDs and some other DVD flavors I don't remember. > >> > >> I tried a Fedora boot DVD at boot, it worked. But inside arch (it > >> was the same problem with fedora), it won't work. > >> > >> I don't think this needs any special driver because previously I'd > >> never configured a special driver for that. > >> > >> CD's work fine though. > > > > it's sata or ide? when i started using linux i had to change the 40 > > "strings" ide cable to one of 80, due to troubles while > > reading/writing > > dvds... > > > > hope this helps :) > > > > Its connected by IDE now. I have a SATA converter with me > though. Should > I use that for my drive ? Nope. If it is a ide device, just check that your ide cable is of the type with 80 conductors. Take a look at the images here, to see the difference between a 40 and a 80 conductor cable (both have 40 pin). My NEC DVDRW refused to work without such a cable. Roberto -- Il messaggio e' stato analizzato alla ricerca di virus o contenuti pericolosi da MailScanner, ed e' risultato non infetto.
