[mythtv-users] DVD R/W Hardware change

[Calvin Harrigan]

Tim Scholl wrote:
> I replaced my DVD R/W to a newer dual_layer drive.
> 
> Since doing none of the "Optical Disks" functionswork.
> 
> I know the hardware is detected, see dmegs below:
> 
> --snip ---
> Probing IDE interface ide1...
> hdd: LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: max request size: 1024KiB
> hda: 625142448 sectors (320072 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=38913/255/63, 
> UDMA(100)
> hda: cache flushes supported
>  hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> hdb: max request size: 1024KiB
> hdb: 976773168 sectors (500107 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=60801/255/63, 
> UDMA(100)
> hdb: cache flushes supported
>  hdb: unknown partition table
> hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
> libata version 1.20 loaded.
> --snip--
> 
> I looked in /dev and found the dvd and cdrom were still linked to hdc.
> 
> So I deleted the links for dvd -> /dev/hdc and cdrom -> /dev/hdc and
> recreated them for dvd -> /dev/hdd and cdrom -> /dev/hdd
> 
> But that failed to fix the problem.
> 
> When I try to import a cd the screen just flashes a few time and then 
> hangs until you hit escape,
> and when it tries to burn a DVD, I get the following message in the 
> mythburn.log when it gets to where it should burn the DVD:
> 
> --snip--
> Burning DVD-R image
> Sent UDP/XML packet to IP 255.255.255.255 <http://255.255.255.255> and 
> port: 6948
> :-( unable to open64("/dev/dvd",O_RDONLY): No such device or address
> ***********************************
> MythTV BurnDVD stopped due to error
> ***********************************
> Sent UDP/XML packet to IP 255.255.255.255 <http://255.255.255.255> and 
> port: 6948
> --snip--
> 
> What am I missing? 
> 
> I'm running KnoppMyth R5C7
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Tim Scholl
> 
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Wouldn't it have been easier to just set the cdrom as the master drive? 
    You know, making it hdc?  Does /dev/hdd have the same permissions as 
/dev/hdc?