Bug#254448: Debian Installer on IBM ThinkPad X23
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Test Candidate 1
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.5-1-386
Date: 06/13/2004 12:50 PM
Method: Boot on the external IBM USB CDROM Drive
Machine: IBM ThinkPad X23
Processor: Pentium !!!-m 866
Memory: 384Mo SoDimm memory
Root Device: Hitachi IDE 4200rpm 30Gb
Root Size/partition table: hda1: fat 5Gb
hda2: fat 0.7Gb
hda3: fat 10Gb
hda5: linux swap 0.7Gb
hda6: ext3 10Gb
Output of lspci: lspci not installed...
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems: External USB CDROM Drives aren't detected, and on
some machine, (e.g. IBM ultraportables notebooks, the X20/X30/X40
families, and subnotebooks, like Sony Vaio C1) don't have built-in
CDROM Drive. USB Floppy is the only way, when we can't have a docking
station with internal drives, to install an OS.
Here the drive is bootable, but the Debian Installer can't detect it to
finish install. Same problem on Woody CDs...
I hope you will be able to add USB CDROM drives support on this
installer, cause it look great, anyway 
Thanks for your job !
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