The dapper.2 installer is able to detect the CD drive, possibly by use of an older IDE driver (in that it shows up as hda). See attached syslog
-- cdrom-detect fails for HP DL145 in hardy beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210200 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