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Re: Sarge netinst: CD-RW Sony CRX175A1



Hi.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 04:58:56 -0800, "Bob Nielsen nielsen-at-oz.net
|debian-testing|" <nrtthnjz2y0tXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> said:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:21:06PM +0100, Dani wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:10:26 -0800, "Bob Nielsen nielsen-at-oz.net
> > |debian-testing|" <nrtthnjz2y0tXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> said:
> > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 07:58:18PM +0100, Dani wrote:
> > > > I'm netinstalling Debian Sarge from a minimal CD.  I boot the 
> > > > CD and it fails to autodetect the CD drive, maybe because it's 
> > > > a CD-RW.  It's Sony CRX175A1.  The installation show me the 
> > > > following list of kernel modules:
> > > > aztcd, cdu31a, cm206, gscd, isp16, mcd, mcdx, optcd, sbpcd, 
> > > > sjcd, sonycd535.
[...]
> > > Try 'modprobe ide-scsi' and see if the drive is reported.  If so, 
> > > add ide-scsi to /etc/modules.
> > 
> >   # modprobe ide-scsi
> >   modprobe: failed to load module ide-scsi
[...]
> This is very strange.  I looked up that drive on the Sony web site and
> it is definitely an ATAPI drive.  It has the same specifications as my
> drive (which apparently is the OEM version of the same device), so I
> have no idea what the problem might be.

I installed a Samsung SC-148B CD driver in my secondary master and tried
the installation.  Guess what.  I had exactly the same problem.  It seems
not to be something of the CD or CD-RW driver.  Might it be the
motherboard?

Please help.  TIA.
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