Re: CDROM problem!
Andrew Porter said...
> On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 17:20 -0300, Arlindo Sierra Neto wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > I'm Trying to install Debian Testing on my Acer Travelmate 4654.
> > The problem is that the CDROM is connected on the SATA controller and de
> > HD is connected on the PATA controller.
> > The Debian-Installer don't recognize my cdrom. Even if I load first of
> > all ata_piix. It only finds my hard drive.
> > It has a ICH6 chipset.
> >
> > Does anyone could help me?
Hi Andrew,
Could you please explain your solution more fully please. I've added
notes to indicate more precisely what I don't understand.
> I got around this by installing with the SATA in "compatible" mode -
How do you do this?
> this made it appear as a PATA device.
> Once installed and a new kernel setup
Does this mean that you installed using 2.6.8 then added, say, 2.6.12?
> I changed it back
What did you change back?
> without any problems (remembering to change root from hda to sda).
In the grub menu?
Cheers,
Marc
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