[Odyssey]

Complete Newbie using Ubuntu 6.06 here.

I have plugged in and am trying to use a Sony i.link/USB DVD+/-RW ,+/-r portable drive, but cannot locate it. I have run the following commands:

sudo cat /etc/fstab, which yields the following:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

There is an internal CD in the computer which appears to me to be hdc and there are 2 hdd's which I take to be hda2 and hda3. Do I have this right?

lsusb yields:

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Device manager identifies 3 USB UHCI controllers and one USB2 controller, but none identify the writer or give any helpful clues.

The thing is that I only have one USB device plugged in and that is the DVD writer. How can I locate it?

(BTW, I have read every tutorial and resource that I can google up, but can find nothing directly in point.) TIA

[Odyssey]

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[Odyssey]

I would welcome any opinion regarding the lack of response. If it is simply a matter of no one being able to assist, perhaps someone could suggest a forum better suited?

Alternatively, have I posted badly or otherwise posted in such a fashion as to discourage responses? If this is the case, I certainly would like to better understand how to do this in a way that is more productive and would welcome any suggestions.

[fenderfreek]

I'm no hardware expert, or I'd help you if I could, but I would suggest the official Ubuntu forums if you haven't tried that already, or the Ubuntu support IRC channel. There's usually some really good folks there.