RE: Can't boot past the Takaya
What you need to do is pop open your machine and configure the cd-rom drive
as a master.
Mohammad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bill@gorn.wt.net [mailto:bill@gorn.wt.net]On Behalf Of Bill Wilson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 11:12 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Can't boot past the Takaya
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> Debian 2.0 has been great for me, so I have friend who has become
> interested and I just tried to install on his machine. I can
> begin the boot from the CDROM, but during the hardware detection,
> the machine halts right here:
>
> ttystuff ...
> ide stuff ... (probably should have written this down)
> hda: Quantum Fireball
> hdb: DF6910C(-D18)2, ATAPI CDROM drive
> --------- Machine Halts ----------
>
> The CDROM is, clearly a well known brand :-(, Takaya CD-812.
> Same results no matter if I boot from CDROM or a rescue floppy I had.
>
> Is it possible this is a proprietary CDROM and he needs to buy
> a new CDROM? Clearly the BIOS can load Linux from the CD.
> Before I suggest he spend money and possibly be
> further dissapointed, I would appreciate it if anyone who might have
> experienced this would let me know if this is correct or point
> me in the right direction.
>
> ----------------
> Should I get past this, I will be staring down an SC-OPTI 16 bit
> PNP sound card. Does anybody know what kernel compile sound options
> are required for this card, or should he write a bigger check?
>
> I'm going to find out what shop he bought from and blot it out
> of my phone book.
>
> If anyone can help, thanks.
>
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