Digby Tarvin wrote: >>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 > > Use the ide-generic, ide-cd, ide-disk modules and keep the rest of the ide and sata drivers from loading (in expert mode) and you'll be able to access the CD-ROM.
For some reason the install loads all drivers and then attemps autodetection, this causes some conflicts between drivers and screws things up. Which is why the cdrom isnt detected ;) Once the install is finished you can customize your kernel initrd to load the proper modules for your hardware. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
