Spare/free CD/DVD drive?

LeperousDust · 30-04-2008, 20:39

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on to my file server and my DVD drive is going bonkers, it opens and i have to play games shutting it over and over again until it accepts CD's, its really screwing up the installation every time.

Does anyone have any old CD/DVD drives lying about? I'll pay postage, and i don't care what it is as long as it works. If i had another PC i'd use that for the 30 mins it takes to set ubuntu up, but were all laptop here now!

That or i could try and fix it if its a known problem but i can't find many fixes online, just lots of reports of it...

30-04-2008, 20:39	#1
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Spare/free CD/DVD drive? I'm trying to install Ubuntu on to my file server and my DVD drive is going bonkers, it opens and i have to play games shutting it over and over again until it accepts CD's, its really screwing up the installation every time. Does anyone have any old CD/DVD drives lying about? I'll pay postage, and i don't care what it is as long as it works. If i had another PC i'd use that for the 30 mins it takes to set ubuntu up, but were all laptop here now! That or i could try and fix it if its a known problem but i can't find many fixes online, just lots of reports of it... __________________