[ltp] how to mount dvd?

[James Mckenzie]

Mr. Matsumoto:

There are major problems when you try to mount a DVD- disk in a DVD+ 
drive.  I think the HP drive is DVD- so it looks like the DVD drive in 
the T30 is a DVD+.  I don't know if the opposite problem exists.  

BTW, according to a very knowledgeable friend of mine, the same problem 
existed when multispeed CDs were first introduced.

James Mckenzie

Katsumi Matsumoto wrote:

>Thanks to all you who responded.  I followed the suggestion and found out 
>that I could mount the DVD using the same writer connected to T30.  I was 
>able to do this running both RH8 and XP.  Since I could not do the same 
>with T30 internal CDRW/DVDR drive running either linux nor XP, it seems 
>that the internal drive is to be blamed.  This seems consistent with the 
>opinions expressed by others that DVD's have serious compatibility issues.  
>(Is it still possible that the media is to be blamed...?)
>
>By the way, in reply to previous queries, I burned the DVD with an 
>Hewlett-Package DVD writer 200e using utilties dvd+rw-format and 
>growisofs.  The media is HP DVD+RW.
>
>Thanks for the discussion.
>-Katsumi
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>On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
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>>On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:39:29 -0500 (EST)
>>Katsumi Matsumoto <kmatsumo@splash.princeton.edu> wrote:
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>>>I burned a DVD (4.3 GB of data) using an HP DVD writer (200e) connected
>>>to a desktop PC running linux via USB. [...that won't read in the
>>>Thinkpad's internal CDRW/DVD drive]
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>>Have you tried hooking the USB writer you burned that DVD with to the
>>thinkpad? If you can mount the drive under Linux or Windows using the USB
>>drive, that would rule out any "Am I mounting this right?" questions and
>>point the finger at the media or the Thinkpad's drive.
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