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

[Jason Schaefer]

Yeah, its really annoying that you have to reply-all each time... Can
we please change this?


On 3/5/07, Martin Eckart <imartron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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