Stephen T. Bellis wrote: > It doesn't matter what I do I can't get this machine to mount ANY cd to preform the install. > I've tried several d-i cd's including older versions that worked previously. > > I've also tried changing the cd drive to a HP 9900i with the same results. If you have a CD that you know worked before, on the same hardware, then it would indicate a hardware problem, wouldn't it? Or did the CD work on some other system? > Using the netinst cd, I can't partition the hard drive. > The drive being used has a small service partition on it for the server management software. The installer has to see the CD before it can load partitioning tools from it. What happens if you go to a shell and manually try to mount the CD? Have you tried running the menu item that checks a CD for validity? -- see shy jo
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