[LUG] Mint 15: Automount DVD post re-install of Mint

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I've had to reinstall Mint - Grub collapsed and rendered the system 
unbootable - and everything is now working again, except the DVD which 
as you know I was having issues with previously.  However the problem is 
now worse as the drive will now not mount /at all/ whereas previously it 
was just random.

At the suggestion of a friend I tried with an external USB drive and 
that behaved perfectly - ignored the drive until I inserted a DVD and 
then asked what I wanted to do with it.

lshw with external drive connected:

julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo lshw -C disk
[sudo] password for julian:
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: SAMSUNG HD103SI
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@3:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 1AG0
       serial: S1VSJ9BSA08425
       size: 931GiB (1TB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=12477ae0
  *-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: CDDVDW SE-S084F
       vendor: TSSTcorp
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom1
       logical name: /dev/cdrw1
       logical name: /dev/dvd1
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw1
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: TS00
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: status=open

lshw without without external drive - I believe it /should/ be listing 
my internal drive.

julian@Cerce ~ $ sudo lshw -C disk
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: SAMSUNG HD103SI
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@3:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 1AG0
       serial: S1VSJ9BSA08425
       size: 931GiB (1TB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=12477ae0

Is the fact that it is a BluRay drive - a Pioneer BDXL - a problem?

Any and all advice appreciated.

Kind regards,

Julian

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