Bug#345999: installation-report: Same problem on a Dell Latitude D610
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lennart Sorensen [mailto:lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:37 PM
> To: Alexander Wintermans; 345999@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#345999: installation-report: Same problem on
> a Dell Latitude D610
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:13:10PM +0100, Alexander Wintermans wrote:
...
> >
> > 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
>
Tried the following at the boot prompt:
install libata.enableatapi=1
... didn't work; same problem.
Then Googled a bit trying to find an example of the required syntax, and
tried this:
install libata.atapi_enabled=1
... didn't work; same problem.
However, while surfing around I came across some comments that seem to
indicate that this boot parameter only works for kernels 2.6.13 and
above, and I'm assuming that the Etch installer uses a 2.6.12 kernel by
default. With 2.6.12 the trick seems to be to edit the kernel header
files as mentioned on the forum below (not much help in an Etch install
situation though):
http://kerneltrap.org/node/5836
Regards,
Alexander Wintermans
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