Re: Install CD does not boot on LITE-ON model LTN-403
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:06:11 +0100, Rich <hillhead@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to help a colleague install debian, but we ran into
> > some serious trouble booting the CD. None of the debian install CDs
> > worked (tried netinst beta 4, test candidate 1, and woody cd 1),
> > whereas redhat and all other CDs he has tried worked fine. The CD-ROM
> > drive in question was a LITE-ON model LTN-403. We changed it with
> > another CD-ROM drive, and then everything went smooth.
> >
> > I just wanted to share this experience for the archive, and perhaps
> > someone will find out why this happened and fix the debian bootable
> > CDs. :)
>
> Interesting- I've been trying to install Sarge in the same manner and can't
> get past the first CD.
> I'm using a Liteon model LTN-526D.
>
> I'd love the chance to get to grips with Debian, but so far I've just found
> the experience rather frustrating.
>
> Knoppix, on the other hand detects everything except my sound card.
A search on google turned up a couple of other people having problems
booting stuff (not necessarily debian) on a LITE-ON drive, but Knoppix
and Red Hat still seem to boot without trouble. Perhaps Debian can
steal some of the working stuff from another open source project.
Ketil Froyn
ketil@froyn.name
http://ketil.froyn.name/
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