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. -- Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-850S Not Recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129708 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs