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

[Jason Schaefer]

Thats odd, I thought 2.6.17 had the fix. I will look into this more...

P.S. Notice that Pete hit reply and not reply-all. I bet lots of
helpful info is lost because of this...

Jason

On 3/5/07, Pete Crook <petecrook at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks Jason,
>
> The install disc uses kernel 2.6.17 with realtime preemption patches
>
> Hope this helps
>
> 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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