[dundee] Debian installer DVD Drive issues.

[Nicholas Walker]

Cheers gordon. I think I'll wait until saturday.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:21 PM, gordon dunlop
<astrozubenel at googlemail.com>wrote:

> 2009/2/11 Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>:
> > My motherboard is  DFI Lanparty DK  P45-T2RS PLUS Socket 775 board, with
> a
> > Intel Quad Q9300 2.5ghz processor. I'm installing version 40r6 which is
> Etch
> > if I recall.
> >
> It is your sata dvd that is the problem as Debian Etch is an older
> kernel and is not picking it up, a person had the same problem as you.
>
>
> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=27564&highlight=&sid=b023ade5081e5a07c026d93d6101288e
>
> Anyway Debian Lenny is getting released on Saturday so it looks like
> waiting for that. I have been using Debian Lenny since last September
> and I am impressed with it.
>
> One last option if you can't wait until Saturday. When the install cd
> comes up for boot add extra kernel parameters. Write on the boot line;
>
> linux libata.atapi_enabled=1
>
> This can help with detection of the sata dvd drive, if it doesn't work
> wait until Saturday, if it does work you can upgrade from Etch to
> Lenny by replacing the word etch with lenny in your repositories.
>
> Gordon
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 2009/2/11 Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>:
> >> > This is quite probably a noob issue.
> >> >
> >> > I'm trying to install debian on my new quad core system. The installer
> >> > starts, and then fails, saying that automatic detection of my CD drive
> >> > failed. My drive is a Pioneer 216-D.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas? I can't manually point to the drivers, because it requests
> >> > them
> >> > on a floppy, and who has one of those these days? :(
> >> >
> >> > Nick Walker
> >> > Vice President : The Linux Society
> >> > UAD Ethical Hacker
> >> >
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Nick Walker
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