Felix S. Boecker wrote:
> I'm running FC3 and am having the following problem. I can't play any
> DVDs (either as root or regular user) and sometimes (haven't figured out
> a pattern yet) I have to force the cd-drive (same hardware as DVD drive)
> to eject after having ripped a music CD (my own CDs for my own pleasure,
> needless to say). I get and numerous "/dev/hdc busy" or "failed to
> access /dev/hdc" and various other error messages.
>
> Could this possibly (hopefully) be a software problem? This is on an IBM
> TP A30.
Does 'dmesg' show the device?
Unfortunately, I've had some problems with the CD/DVD reader on my
Thinkpad T22 and had very similar errors to what you've seen. After
replacing the drive everything has been fine.
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