Hi. On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 04:58:56 -0800, "Bob Nielsen nielsen-at-oz.net |debian-testing|" <nrtthnjz2y0tXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> said: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:21:06PM +0100, Dani wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:10:26 -0800, "Bob Nielsen nielsen-at-oz.net > > |debian-testing|" <nrtthnjz2y0tXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> said: > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 07:58:18PM +0100, Dani wrote: > > > > I'm netinstalling Debian Sarge from a minimal CD. I boot the > > > > CD and it fails to autodetect the CD drive, maybe because it's > > > > a CD-RW. It's Sony CRX175A1. The installation show me the > > > > following list of kernel modules: > > > > aztcd, cdu31a, cm206, gscd, isp16, mcd, mcdx, optcd, sbpcd, > > > > sjcd, sonycd535. [...] > > > Try 'modprobe ide-scsi' and see if the drive is reported. If so, > > > add ide-scsi to /etc/modules. > > > > # modprobe ide-scsi > > modprobe: failed to load module ide-scsi [...] > This is very strange. I looked up that drive on the Sony web site and > it is definitely an ATAPI drive. It has the same specifications as my > drive (which apparently is the OEM version of the same device), so I > have no idea what the problem might be.
I installed a Samsung SC-148B CD driver in my secondary master and tried the installation. Guess what. I had exactly the same problem. It seems not to be something of the CD or CD-RW driver. Might it be the motherboard? Please help. TIA. -- --| XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <mailto:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> "The purpose of every industrial revolution is to make craft and skills obsolete, and thereby make people interchangeable and cheap." -- Greg Palast -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow
