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Jim --
I ran into the same problem trying to install Debian
(Woody) on my H500 laptop as well. I went so far as to switch out the
cdrom drive and the install still failed to read the CDROM as you
described.
I switched the brand of CDR I was using, scaled back the
Write Speed (1/2 of the cd-burners full speed) and selected Disk At Once in the
burn options. That got the issue resolved.
Brian Ring
>Hi Jim,
>not all cdrom drives are alike and it might be that some tracks are less effectively burned or read than others. I've >had cd roms that would not play on one but did on another. >My suggestion: reburn the cdrom (preferably at speed 1x) and try again. >Regards, >Rob de Graaf On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 21:23:04 -0500
"Jim Bartlett" <jbartlett@storm.ca> wrote: > Installing Debian 3.1 r0a from a 'verified good' cdrom (jigdo verified ok, and installs fine on desktop). Installation keeps failing on my laptop right when the system goes to load installer files (in expert mode, just after cdrom detection). It complains that there is an error reading from the cdrom. If I run the checker utility, it doesn't even read the cd but instantly indicates it is bad. > > Looking at dmesg from the built in shell (ash) I see this: > > hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1902B ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > . > . > . > hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > . > . > . > hdc: DMA interrupt recovery > hdc: lost interrupt > hdc: drive not ready for command > hdc: status timeout: status=0Xd0 { BUSY } > hdc: DMA disabled > hdc: drive not ready for command > hdc: ATAPI reset complete > > That's it. Although I can use the built in shell to access the cdrom at this point without trouble, the installer will not resume. Ideas? Thanks. > > Jim. > |