Sata optical install

[MnFork]

I am not able to see my sata optical drive on my computer-i know this is vague but it's all I know (my n00b tag isn't just for show)

Reading through the forums lspci seems to provide useful info to people who know what they're doing so here's the result from my machine:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2e20 (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a37
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a38
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a39
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a3c
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 3a3e
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3a40
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3a48
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3a4a
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a34
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a35
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a36
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 3a3a
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3a16
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Device 3a20
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 3a30
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Device 3a26
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 6121 (rev b1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0611 (rev a2)
04:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
04:01.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
04:01.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
04:01.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
04:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)


I'm not sure what else to do-I'm not in a panic, I'm just new and trying to learn how to install a Samsung DVD writer.

Thanks for any help

[drpt]

check /var/log/dmesg to see if it is there add how it is recognized

mine showed up as sr0
(scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190S 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/12x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 )

then make sure you have the proper links to it
$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
(lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 1 21:23 /dev/cdrom -> sr0)

then check to see if it right in /etc/fstab
(/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0 )

[zyko]

Maybe caused by a misconfigured kernel? It's not self-evident, but I'm pretty sure you need to enable the applicable SCSI options. Can you paste the output of "grep -i scsi /usr/src/linux/.config"?

[MnFork]

zyko here is that output:

# CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# SCSI device support
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_DMA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_TGT=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m
# SCSI Transports
CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_FC_TGT_ATTRS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_HOST_SMP=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SRP_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SRP_TGT_ATTRS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOWLEVEL=y
# CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC94XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ARCMSR=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_ARCMSR_AER is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_HPTIOP=m
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_LINKED_COMMANDS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_MAX_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN=m
CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IPS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO=m
CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100=m
CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MVSAS is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_STEX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=64
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MMIO=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPR is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA_FC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA_ISCSI=m
CONFIG_SCSI_LPFC=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x=m
CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SRP=m
CONFIG_SCSI_LOWLEVEL_PCMCIA=y
CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m
# NOTE: USB_STORAGE enables SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support'

[MnFork]

in addition to the other bit I have a weird development:
I checked out the chance that my drive was listed as sr0, it was, i added to fstab, tried to mount-failure, so I rebooted to see if that would have a positive effect. Sadly the drive is still not mounted but now I have no internet. (This is a different computer) networking and internet connections have always been a bit of magic in gentoo for me. I've already installed my os, I am not lord and commander of my network (and the guy who is doesn't know everything about the network in the first place), I'm plugged into a router-the internet only works when it feels like it. Loads of troubles for me, good thing this is a project box.

[zyko]