Re: "No common CD-ROM drive was detected" from debian-6.0.5-sparc-netinst.iso

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 07:36:10PM -0500, T.J. Yang wrote:
> Hi, again
> 
> To get a feel how debain 6.0.5 runs on T5120, I decided to run it as
> LDOM session first.
> 
> I was able to boot up from debian-6.0.5-sparc-netinst.iso but failed at step 3.
> 
> error message was like following
> 
> 
>  No common CD-ROM drive was detected.
> 
>    │                                                                       │
>    │ You may need to load additional CD-ROM drivers from removable media,  │
>    │ such as a driver floppy. If you have such media available now, insert │
>    │ it, and continue. Otherwise, you will be given the option to manually │
>    │ select CD-ROM modules.                                                │
>    │                                                                       │
>    │ Load CD-ROM drivers from removable media?                             │
>    │                                                                       │
>    │     <Yes>                                                    <No>
> 
> Looking back at mailing thread archive a manual command need to be run
> to add cdrom driver.
> 
> Can someone advise me the command to run from "Execute a shell" ?

I'm not sure exactly what causes this problem, but I would like to 
point out that even if we find the issue, it's unlikely that it's 
going to be fixed in Debian 6.0.x (squeeze). This is the current 
stable release, and the usual stable update policy is to allow only 
minimal conservative changes, like security updates and fixes for 
serious bugs/issues. Besides, with the next Debian's release (wheezy) 
approaching, it's unlikely that there will even be another stable 
update for squeeze.

What I would suggest to you is to try the wheezy alpha1 Debian 
installer release, which can be found at 

http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

This is based on a much newer kernel and will eventually become a 
released version of Debian installer for wheezy. If it does not work 
for your machine for some reason, there is still time to track the 
problem down and include a fix. After you tried that, please submit an 
installation report according to the instructions here (even if it 
was a complete success!):

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s04.html#submit-bug

Thanks.
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Jurij Smakov                                           jurij@wooyd.org
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