Install CD does not boot on LITE-ON model LTN-403

[Ketil Froyn <ketilfroyn@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I have been trying to help a colleague install debian, but we ran into
some serious trouble booting the CD. None of the debian install CDs
worked (tried netinst beta 4, test candidate 1, and woody cd 1),
whereas redhat and all other CDs he has tried worked fine. The CD-ROM
drive in question was a LITE-ON model LTN-403. We changed it with
another CD-ROM drive, and then everything went smooth.

I just wanted to share this experience for the archive, and perhaps
someone will find out why this happened and fix the debian bootable
CDs. :)

Cheers,

Ketil Froyn
ketil@froyn.name
http://ketil.froyn.name/