[64studio-devel] Install on Laptop does not find internal DVD drive workaround.

[Jason Schaefer]

These might be some other work arounds for this issue.

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataAtapiHowto

What kernel is on that install disk?


On 3/5/07, Pete Crook <petecrook at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> _Install on Laptop does not find internal DVD drive workaround.
>
> Lenovo 3000 N100
> _
> I got around this problem by using an external USB2 CD Drive.
>
> I started with the install CD (version 1.0) in the internal drive and
> when the install says it can't find an optical drive, just ask to
> continue anyway without doing anything else.
> You eventually get back to a list of the setup stages and that is when
> you plug the USB CD drive in, and swop the CD from the internal drive to
> the external drive and ask it to continue.
> It will search for and find the external drive and install OK from there.
> On bootup after installation it recognises the internal drive.
>
> NB. I also tried to install directly from the external drive (my bios
> allowed me to choose it) but it didn't work.
>
> NB2. It also didn't work if I had two copies of the installation CD (one
> in each of the drives and the external drive plugged in right from the
> start).
>
> Hope this helps someone understand the problem.
>
> cheers to all
>
>
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