Bug#292951: not detecting cdrom on iMac G5
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 02:23:12PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> severity 292951 serious
> thanks
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Joel Van Velden wrote:
> > Debian Installer (nightly version 20050128 netinst.iso) does not succeed in
> > loading the cdrom drive so it cannot proceed further with the installation.
> >
> > To clarify: The cdrom boots an i choose "expert-power4" from the
> > choice of kernels prompt. Kernel loads. Debian installer loads.
> > Prompts for choosing keyboard, locale, etc., which work. Only
> > option now left is to load off the cdrom the next part of the
> > installer, but it cant detect the cdrom at all.
>
> I can reproduce this behaviour on an iMac G5 from a friend, using RC3 of d-i.
Do you (d-i team) really consider this bug release-critical? It was
ignored unfixed for sarge, and I would classify having etch detect this
particular brand of cd-rom as a wishlist... considering Sarge didn't.
Other than the arm build being MIA, this is the only issue currently
blocking hw-detect.
Right?
--Jeroen
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar
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