On 26/01/06, Rob Frohne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I notice that if I boot with a CDrom in the media bay I can use it, but > if I don't, I can't. Is there a way to get linux to recognize it short > of rebooting? >
Sounds like a drive failure to me. I remember vaguely that I had the same trouble with a cd rom drive years ago. I changed the drive and the problem was gone. What kind of machine do you have, and do you have a spare drive so that you could swap the CD ROM?
