Bug#345999: installation-report: Same problem on a Dell Latitude D610

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:13:10PM +0100, Alexander Wintermans wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Version: 2.9
> Followup-For: Bug #345999
> 
> 
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> 
> Boot method: CD
> Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
> Date: 26-Jan-2006
> 
> Machine: Dell Latitude D610
> Partitions: Not relevant
> 
> 
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> 
> Initial boot:           [O]
> Detect network card:    [O]
> Configure network:      [O]
> Detect CD:              [E]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives:     [ ]
> Partition hard drives:  [ ]
> Create file systems:    [ ]
> Mount partitions:       [ ]
> Install base system:    [ ]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Installed system ok:    [ ]
> 
> Comments/Problems:
> 
> The install runs into trouble whith a dialog 'Detect and mount CD-ROM'
> that shows the message 'No common CD-ROM drive was detected ... Load
> CD-ROM drivers from a driver floppy?'

My experience with the D610, is that it requires either the old piix
interface from 2.4 kernels or a 2.6 kernel with LIBATA ATAPI support
enabled.

If the installer uses a very new 2.6 kernel, you could try the
libata.enableatapi=1 (or whatever the syntax is) option at the boot
prompt.

Len Sorensen