On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:22:19PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > > > > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > > > > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) > > > > > > >ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive > > > > > > > > > > > > It is connected as SATA. There is no entry in /dev/ that seems > > > > promising (/dev/scd0 is not present). It seems funny that the > > > > installer CD is able to get that far but then is no longer able to > > > > read itself... > > > > > > > > > > > > What MODEL is the DVD drive? - Linux in general should not have > > > trouble with DVD drives READ or RW. The Intel MB is also one of THE > > > most compatible boards. I run basically the same board with an Intel > > > Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHZ and an LG DVD player. > > > > Thanks. I have a DRW-1814BLT from ASUS, which is a SATA connection. > > It is a DVD reader/recorder. > > > > For what it's worth I have just tried to install from the first CD of > > the Testing dist (assembled by Jigdo), although I now got a rather > > long list of CDROM drivers, none of them did the trick. > > > From a quick Google search I found some Linuxers running the > drive...so it would seem selecting the proper SATA setup in the Bios is > the key. Did your MB come setup in the computer? > >
Yeah, I actually googled first before deciding to buy these components. I bought the components from a company here that assembled the parts, "tested everything with Windows XP", and then thankfully were nice enough to remove that software from my computer. So for better or worse I take it that the hardware works and that there is a setup problem. As I say, I tried the three options to set up SATA, being *IDE mode - no AHCI, no RAID, * SATA mode (sometimes called AHCI mode) - AHCI enabled, no RAID and * RAID mode - AHCI enabled, RAID enabled. There didnt appear to be much else to do in the BIOS settings, but I am no big expert. thanks Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
