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

[Martin Eckart]

Hah, I responded with that this morning but just realized I sent it 
straight to Pete and not to the list...

It sounds like he was getting the same sata problems I was having.

-martin

Jason Schaefer wrote:
> 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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