Bug#240959: failed to find CD after boot

I get the same error, it loads modules for detecting CDROM drives and then says couldn't mount the CDROM, do you want to try again. Attempting "mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom" in the console brings up 3 "mount: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write protected, mounting read only" messages and then it say

Bug#240959: installation-reports

Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso, 29th March 04 uname -a: Linux zombie 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i386 unknown Date: 30th March 04 Method: Boot from CD Machine: Dell Opti

Bug#240959: additional information

I did attempt to mount the CDROM using an extra console (mount /dev/cdroms/cd0 /cdrom; or similar.. i forget the exact paths) but it wouldn't mount the disc. the symlink was pointing to what looked like a SCSI emulation of my IDE CDROM device. post-install the symlink is pointing to /dev/hdc a