>On Friday 14 April 2006 19:21, Digby Tarvin wrote: >> Not sure what the Ubuntu folks know that the Debian ones don't, but my >> recent experience has been that Ubuntu is better at installing that >> Etch.... > >Ubuntu is a bit more permissive of activating experimental kernel features >than Debian. Nothing to do with the installer, just the difference in >philosophy between the projects. > >Reading the errata for Etch Beta 2 would probably have helped you install >it.
Thanks for the pointer. It certainly sounded hopeful, but following the instructions for the Etch Beta 2 Sata ATAPI workaround didn't seem to help. I get exactly the same 'No common CD-ROM drive was detected' :-/ I might give the daily build version a try and see if that gets me any further... Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
