[arch-general] DVD's won't read

[Felipe Tanus]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Roberto Malinverni <
roberto.malinverni at dico.coop.it> wrote:

>
> Nope. If it is a ide device, just check that your ide cable is of the type
> with 80 conductors.
> Take a look at the images here, to see the difference between a 40 and a 80
> conductor cable (both have 40 pin).
> My NEC DVDRW refused to work without such a cable.
> Roberto
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Hi,
        I'm not sure if it's the best solution. Nilesh said that it works on
fedora, so it must be some sort of software config for this. In fact this
really got my attention, since I have no clue why such workaround works. If
you know why, please share with us.


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