Bug#418850: Usb cdrom unit not automatically recognized by installer

["Daniele P." <debian@tovel.it>]

Package: debian-installer
Severity: important

Usb cdrom unit not automatically recognized by installer
(using text expert, other methods not tested)

Relevant part of dmesg:

~ # dmesg  | grep cd | tail -n 4
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

~ # dmesg  | grep sg
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5

~ # dmesg  | grep sr
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5

The unit is correctly recognized by the kernel, but not by the
installer.

Workaround:

Manual select module and device
Module: none
Device File: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0

~ # ls -la /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           34 Apr 12 11:33
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 -> ../scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd

Regards,
Daniele P.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers  stable 
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)