On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:54:34AM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:14:53PM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote: > >> Trying to install etch from the netinst CD on a two-month old desktop > >> machine. > >> > >> Boot from CD, choose language and location, and then it fails to find > >> the CD drive: > >> > > > Detect and mount CD-ROM > > > No common CD-ROM drive was detected. > >> > >> I have previously installed on an even newer laptop from the same CD. > > > >newness of the laptop is irrelevant. What is relevant is what the > >parts in the laptop are. Several people have seen this problem because > >some new motherboards are using some kind of SATA to IDE bridge that > >leaves a CD unavailable between initial boot and the point when CD > >drivers are later installed by the kernel. I think the installer falls > >into the gap there and fails as a result. > > > >> > >> Any clues how to start diagnosing this? > >> > > > >Some have been able to get live-cd's to boot in this scenario and you > >could then use debootstrap to install. > > > >how about providing more specific information about the system and > >maybe folks can help then. > > > >A > > Thanks for your reply, Andrew. > > I don't have much information about the optical drive, but Windows > reports that it is: > > TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D ATA Device
I don't know what to suggest other than www.goodbye-microsoft.com it does a live install without any media required. Might be a solution, assuming you have that other OS already installed. A
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