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Bug #129708
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Comment 1 for bug 129708

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Luke (luke-miller) wrote on 2007-08-09:

I have the same issue: I am unable to mount or access my dvd drive

the error screen shows:

Unable to mount selected volume
mount: special device /dev/hda does not exist

This is output from"sudo lshw -short"

H/W path Device Class =====================2.5/0.1.0 /0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/1 /0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/2 /0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/3 /0/d0000000/2.7 /0/d0000000/3 bus /0/d0000000/3/1 usb1 bus /0/d0000000/3/1/2 /0/d0000000/3.1 bus /0/d0000000/3.1/1 usb2 bus /0/d0000000/3.1/1/1 input /0/d0000000/3.2 bus /0/d0000000/3.2/1 usb3 bus /0/d0000000/3.3 bus /0/d0000000/3.3/1 usb4 bus /0/d0000000/3.3/1/3 scsi5 storage /0/d0000000/3.3/1/3/0.0.0 /0/d0000000/3.3/1/3/0.0.0/1 /0/d0000000/4 eth0 network /0/d0000000/5 scsi2 storage /0/d0000000/b bus /0/1 scsi4 /0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk /0/1/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk /0/1/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 disk /0/1/0.0.0/0/2 /dev/sdb2 disk /1 eth1 network Description
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/> system SiS661FX + SiS964
SG-81 (SiS 661FX-964L)
128KB BIOS
processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU
32KB L1 cache
512KB L2 cache
512MB System Memory
512MB DIMM SDRAM Synchron
DIMM [empty]
661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host
SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI
661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 66
SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO]
5513 [IDE]
/dev/sda disk 93GB ST3100011A
/dev/sda1 disk Linux filesystem partitio
/dev/sda2 disk Linux swap / Solaris part
/dev/sda3 disk Linux filesystem partitio
multimedia AC'97 Sound Controller
USB 1.0 Controller
OHCI Host Controller
communication USB Cable Modem
USB 1.0 Controller
OHCI Host Controller
2.4G USB RF KeyBoard
USB 1.0 Controller
OHCI Host Controller
USB 2.0 Controller
EHCI Host Controller
Mass Storage Device
/dev/sdc disk 74GB AVV207-0
/dev/sdc1 disk HPFS/NTFS partition
SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
RAID bus controller 180 S
TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Contr
storage
9536MB iPod
9536MB
Empty partition
W95 FAT32 partition
Ethernet interface

It appears no dvd drive is being recognized ... I know it is not broken because Ubuntu was loaded from a cd --by a friend-- but I would like to be able to understand this and correct it. Thanks.

I have the same issue: I am unable to mount or access my dvd drive

the error screen shows:

Unable to mount selected volume 
mount: special device /dev/hda does not exist

This is output from"sudo lshw -short"

H/W path                     Device     Class          Description
==================================================================
                                        system         SiS661FX + SiS964
/0                                      bus            SG-81 (SiS 661FX-964L)
/0/0                                    memory         128KB BIOS
/0/4                                    processor      Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU
/0/4/8                                  memory         32KB L1 cache
/0/4/9                                  memory         512KB L2 cache
/0/19                                   memory         512MB System Memory
/0/19/0                                 memory         512MB DIMM SDRAM Synchron
/0/19/1                                 memory         DIMM [empty]
/0/d0000000                             bridge         661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host
/0/d0000000/1                           bridge         SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI
/0/d0000000/1/0                         display        661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 66
/0/d0000000/2                           bridge         SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO]
/0/d0000000/2.5              scsi0      storage        5513 [IDE]
/0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0        /dev/sda   disk           93GB ST3100011A
/0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/1      /dev/sda1  disk           Linux filesystem partitio
/0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/2      /dev/sda2  disk           Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/d0000000/2.5/0.1.0/3      /dev/sda3  disk           Linux filesystem partitio
/0/d0000000/2.7                         multimedia     AC'97 Sound Controller
/0/d0000000/3                           bus            USB 1.0 Controller
/0/d0000000/3/1              usb1       bus            OHCI Host Controller
/0/d0000000/3/1/2                       communication  USB Cable Modem
/0/d0000000/3.1                         bus            USB 1.0 Controller
/0/d0000000/3.1/1            usb2       bus            OHCI Host Controller
/0/d0000000/3.1/1/1                     input          2.4G USB RF KeyBoard
/0/d0000000/3.2                         bus            USB 1.0 Controller
/0/d0000000/3.2/1            usb3       bus            OHCI Host Controller
/0/d0000000/3.3                         bus            USB 2.0 Controller
/0/d0000000/3.3/1            usb4       bus            EHCI Host Controller
/0/d0000000/3.3/1/3          scsi5      storage        Mass Storage Device
/0/d0000000/3.3/1/3/0.0.0    /dev/sdc   disk           74GB AVV207-0
/0/d0000000/3.3/1/3/0.0.0/1  /dev/sdc1  disk           HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/d0000000/4                eth0       network        SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
/0/d0000000/5                scsi2      storage        RAID bus controller 180 S
/0/d0000000/b                           bus            TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Contr
/0/1                         scsi4      storage        
/0/1/0.0.0                   /dev/sdb   disk           9536MB iPod
/0/1/0.0.0/0                 /dev/sdb   disk           9536MB 
/0/1/0.0.0/0/1               /dev/sdb1  disk           Empty partition
/0/1/0.0.0/0/2               /dev/sdb2  disk           W95 FAT32 partition
/1                           eth1       network        Ethernet interface

It appears no dvd drive is being recognized ... I know it is not broken because Ubuntu was loaded from a cd --by a friend-- but I would like to be able to understand this and correct it. Thanks.