On Friday, March 13, 2015 4:30:59 PM Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I was given a CD with some pictures, but I am not able to mount it. This is > what dmesg reveals: > > [ 7791.880206] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7791.880211] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [ 7791.880215] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7791.880217] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] > [ 7791.880224] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7791.880229] Add. Sense: Timeout on logical unit > [ 7791.880233] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: > [ 7791.880236] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 > [ 7791.880252] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 > [ 7800.424417] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7800.424422] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [ 7800.424427] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7800.424429] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] > [ 7800.424436] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7800.424440] Add. Sense: Timeout on logical unit > [ 7800.424445] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: > [ 7800.424447] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 > [ 7800.424463] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 > [ 7800.424468] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 0, async page read > [ 7809.051719] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7809.051725] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [ 7809.051729] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7809.051731] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] > [ 7809.051738] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7809.051743] Add. Sense: Timeout on logical unit > [ 7809.051748] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: > [ 7809.051750] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 > [ 7809.051766] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 > [ 7809.051771] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 0, async page read > [ 7817.681141] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7817.681146] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [ 7817.681150] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7817.681152] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] > [ 7817.681159] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] > [ 7817.681164] Add. Sense: Timeout on logical unit > [ 7817.681168] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: > [ 7817.681170] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 > [ 7817.681187] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 > [ 7817.681192] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 0, async page read > > > I tried on different PCs and I am getting the same error. Shall I forget > about it, or is there some means by which I can recover the files on it? You can try sticking it into a DVD player and see if it plays. Also check that all CD/DVD Filesystem options (including MS extensions) are enabled on your kernel. -- Fernando Rodriguez