Re: [newbie] Arbitrarily recognizes CD ROM drive

[Matt Stegman]

On  5 Nov, Karen Heiby wrote:
> Most of the time Linux can't mount my cdrom drive, but it recognized it just
> 10 minutes ago for the first time.
> 
> Why does it recognize it and sometimes it won't?

My first thought would be to check the IDE cable (I presume it's an IDE
drive) to be sure it's plugged in all the way.  That would be the
"ribbon" cable attached to the back of the drive.

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