Bug#252000: debian-installer installation report
Quoting Martin Michlmayr (tbm@cyrius.com):
> * Gary Whittaker <gwhit918@frontiernet.net> [2004-05-31 21:40]:
> > Initiated install from CD; get "choose language" screen (picked American
> > English); got choose country screen (picked US); then proceeds to load
> > modules to search for CD drive; get message "Failed to find and mount a
> > Debian CD-ROM, Do you want to try again" ; when I choose "Yes", it just
> > tries again with the same results
>
> Can you boot with the linux26 option to see if kernel 2.6 finds the CD
> drive. Can you try something like KNOPPIX and see if that works?
> Have you been able to use the CD in that machine under Linux before?
Details about the CD interface would also help. Some laptops have
IEEE1394 interfaces which are to be supported very soon...because I
happen to have one and brought it to Debconf.
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