CD/DVD won't mount after install FC8

[bkovacevich]

Finally got FC8 installed on new machine, and now it won't mount CDs/DVDs - didn't change anything in BIOS, CD/DVD drive is only thing on the IDE controller (HD is SATA) so is it likely a driver issue? FC8 seemed to have correct (or at least working) drivers for LAN, audio, SATA, etc.

[inside-man]

Hello, first of all you should have a look if the drive is recognized by the kernel. Open a Console and type:
dmesg | grep DVD
, if so then should there appear a line like:
[ 2.546116] hda: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[ 3.380471] ide-cd: hda: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM DVD-R/RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB

Now you know /dev/hda is the appropriate device....

have a look at /etc/fstab
cat /etc/fstab

or make a test mount manually, and see what is going on.
mount /dev/hda /mnt/DVD (choose the right dir on your machine...)

Good Luck
Randolf Balasus