I have purchased a different optical drive in order to install 8.10 I still have the Sony DVD-RW AW-G170A IDE which is 9 months old, very little use and hasn't have any problems with anything else other than installing the beta.
I am more than happy to donate and send this drive to someone if it would help fix issues that may cause trouble for other people. -- 8.10 Beta install dies during Select and Install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283170 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs