> same here. > Sometimes I get can't recognize CDROM drive, sometimes it's ok. > I was able to have the booted image do a checksum check of the dvd and it > passed ok. > It was ever so helpful - on a few occasions to start the update, > remove old kernel's, install the new one, then Die in the middle on > some random rpm with a cdrom read error. If you tried > to continue the process, after one or two tries it would read that package > and then fail on another. Eventually it would lock up the whole system. > I was previously running FC1 and FC1 had no issues reading or writing dvd's, > so I don't think the hardware suddenly broke. > > steve > > After installing fc3 Wednesday I wanted a second copy of FC3 cd's, so I put a blank cd in my dvd/cdrom burner and launched k3b. Only one problem, k3b didn't see a cdrom. I check the /media directory and no cdrecorder. I was like ok let me reboot with option ide=nodma. This time I had cdrecorder, but one of the errors I got from k3b was to check permissions on /dev/hd#, my cdrom was on hdd, and it had rwxr_xr_x on /dev/hdd I chmod 777 on hdd and k3b was happy again. strange little gremlins running around -- Doug Maurer doug@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux user #299439