CDROM

This article describes the setup of an internal optical drive like CD, DVD or Blue-Ray drives.

Hardware detection
To choose the right driver, first detect the used storage controller. You can use lspci for this task:

Kernel
You need to activate the following kernel options: {{Kernel|| {{Kernel|| Device Drivers ---> <*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> [*]  ATA ACPI Support

If your drive is connected to a SATA Port Mulitplier: [*]  SATA Port Multiplier support

Select the driver for your storage controller: {{User:Astaecker/Kernel table|level=2 |{{User:Astaecker/Kernel table row|AHCI SATA support|ahci|}} }} {{Clear}}

If your drive is connected to an IDE port: [*]  ATA SFF support [*]    ATA BMDMA support {{User:Astaecker/Kernel table|level=2 |{{User:Astaecker/Kernel table row|Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA support|ata_piix|}} }} {{Clear}}

SCSI device support ---> <*> SCSI device support <*> SCSI CDROM support <*> SCSI generic support }}

Advanced Configuration

 * hdparm - change hard drive performance parameters
 * Power Management

Usage
You can mount the filesystems in several ways:
 * Single mount.
 * fstab - Automatic mount at boot time.
 * removable media - mount at demand.
 * autofs - Automatic mount at demand.

Troubleshooting
See libata wiki.

External resources

 * libata wiki