On 28 April 2008, Mike Peterson wrote:
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:27:44 -0500 From: "Mike Peterson" mpeterson@mail.charlesfurniture.com Subject: RE: [CentOS] DVD reader: Hardware problem or OS glitch? Message-ID: 00c901c8a97f$144a1800$de00000a@ITAW
I have yet to get a DVD to read in CentOS 5. I can install from DVD and then reboot and then the DVD drive is no longer accessible. It works with several live CD and DVD images with no problems however. This is on an HP system. I think it is an OS problem.
I also suspect it is an OS problem, but, it seems to be very HW dependent. After I read your post, I got the FC6 Install DVD and put it into the DVD reader in my box. Zero problems. The same in my wife's box. But, in my daughter's box, I have the same situation that you described above. I suspect it is something about the DVD reader in that box. However, when it was my box (and newer), it worked OK and I believe it had CentOS 5 on it, before I let my daughter have it.
I will test in some other systems and let you know my results.
Thank you! Very glad to know that I am not the only person with this problem! Lanny