--- Carlos E. R."

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90A1.WPTLw5P5y+E: (cfg=yes, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown) cdrom HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B

It is detected.

Good

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I get this output

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linux:/home/tim # ls -la /media

The non existence of a directory there does not imply that the drive is not detected. In fact, as SuSE 9.3 uses a diferent automount method, active by default,

from ls: the mount directory is created on the fly with the same

name as the label of the CD/DVD.

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but this output if i try and cd:

linux:/home/tim # cd dvdram bash: cd: dvdram: No such file or directory

Obviously;

Actually a directory is listed: linux:~ # ls -la /media total 1 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 160 2005-07-21 20:03 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 608 2005-07-20 22:26 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-07-18 20:30 cdrecorder drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-07-18 20:30 dvdram drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2005-07-21 17:35 floppy drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2005-07-21 20:03 SU910_005 that is your home directory you are trying at... Oooops - apologies

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When i look at desktop -> my Computer there is no icon for

the dvd-ram drive

Try with a DVD inside.

It has the SuSE 9.1 DVD in it - i can cd into /media/dvdram but it shows as empty - no icon is visible in My Computer

And try with the command "lshal".

Have done this and is not listed TIA Tim